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Originally Posted by vixnix
Is he going to need to pass laws for this stuff, or is there some way for him to just make it happen, outside of the legislature.
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He wouldn't need a law to start rounding up Latinos. It could be done using the current Immigration and Customs Enforcement structure. ICE already under Obama has been arresting and deporting 300k-400k people per year.
The problem with his claim that he'd deport 3,000,000 "criminals" is that even by the loosest of standards for what a "criminal" (like expired visas) is there are much less than 1 million people who would fall into that category. But Trump has been telling his followers that there are millions of such wicked criminals.
There are legal standards here for deporting people. There are processes that need to be followed. If Trump makes good on his word he would need to break those legal standards. He might be able to get away with it if he did it rather quickly so that legal challenges in the courts wouldn't be able to stop it.
In terms of the Muslim Registry and Immigration. Yes, he could effectively stop Muslims from emigrating without a new law. They could put so many restrictions in place and slow down the immigration process that almost no one could ever make it in. The registry they talk about would probably only be for immigrants, there is no legal mechanism today for such a registry of citizens.
in terms of the media, Trump is already fucking with them. He's completely dispensed with all of the traditional press details that our presidents follow, like allowing the major news organizations follow the president around. He has a life long history of suing journalists and going after magazines, newspapers, etc. And it's been rumored for a while now that he is planning to start his own Television News channel.