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Posted on: April 26, 2025 at 09:22:35 CT
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The U.S. has always had immigration enforcement — but we have never abandoned the principle of due process for anyone, regardless of race or nationality.
Deportation is not (and never has been) based on "brown people" — it’s based on violations of immigration law, handled through legal processes, court rulings, and constitutional protections.
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Claiming there’s an “open border” now ignores the fact that:
The Biden Administration deported more people in FY2023 than in any year under Trump.
Over 2.3 million migrant encounters at the southern border in FY2023 — with record levels of removals and returns.
Biden expanded use of Title 42 expulsions longer than many on the left wanted — under court order — until May 2023.
Biden has introduced new asylum restrictions and accelerated deportation programs — all within existing legal frameworks.
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Referring to deportation as "deporting brown people en masse" reveals a racial bias that has nothing to do with enforcing immigration law — it exposes a desire for racialized mass punishment without respect for due process.
The Constitution doesn't permit racial animus to dictate law enforcement. Deportations must be based on legal process, not skin color. That is what separates America from authoritarian regimes.
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The real issue isn’t whether people should be deported if they break immigration law — it’s whether America upholds the Constitution and the rule of law when it does so.