Sending American citizens to prison in El Salvador would be flagrantly illegal under both U.S. and international law
— and that the idea itself is shockingly authoritarian, with few parallels in our nation’s history.
However
However the Trump administration is indeed discussing this idea behind the scenes, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Rolling Stone.
In their most serious form, these conversations have revolved around attempting to #denaturalize American citizens and deport them to other countries, including El Salvador.
“You can’t deport U.S. citizens. There’s no emergency exception, there’s no special wartime authority, there’s no secret clause. You just can’t deport citizens,”
says Steve Vladeck, a legal commentator and law professor at Georgetown.
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