Carolyn Barber, MD“The fact that Dems & my colleague even feel the need to introduce an amendment that says ICE cannot deport US citizens is batshit crazy. This should not even be a discussion. US CITIZENS CANNOT BE DEPORTED BY ICE.”—Ted Lieu
Van Sice@cbarbermd You can't deport a citizen, only a foriegn national. If the person is a citizen, the verb is exile.
@vansice Thank you! This is a direct quote from Lieu.
@cbarbermd I believe you. I just wish more people pointed it out. Deporting a citizen is not A Thing.
@vansice Trump has spoken of deporting US citizens. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-wants-deport-some-us-citizens-el-salvador-2025-04-14/
@cbarbermd Right. And he's also claimed other countries pay our tariffs and a lot of reporters just repeated that as he said it, too. But that's not what either word actually *means*. Add his misuse of the English language to his considerable list of criming.