2025: We have to detain these 'illegal criminals' [who may have no criminal record at all].
2026: Wow, we have so many detained immigrants, we should put them to work.
2026: We should have private industry run the prisons and reap the rewards of all this free labor.
2026/2027: Dissenters, communists, and 'illegal protesters' who hate America should also be 'detained'.
2028: 'Can the citizens who are detained vote in the upcoming election? What upcoming election?'