Nicholas Bauer PhD: And/or take an extremely long time. And/or cannot force the President to do anything.

i was just going to make a post about this. if trump decides you are an enemy of the state or a “threat to national security” and has you deported, citizenship or not, there’s nothing you can do to get home. he has full legal power to render you stateless.

Related, if trump is summarily deporting citizens under his new mass deportation regime, citizenship and an ability to appeal to the law isn’t going to get people back in the country. The executive runs border security

*Legally*, a citizen cannot be prevented from entering the country. *Practically*, the only way that is supported is via the courts -- courts which have been quite happy to ignore the law and precedent. We've got a huge dependency problem, and I don't know how to fix it.

And/or take an extremely long time. And/or cannot force the President to do anything.

I seem to recall there's currently an accepted limit to how long they can prevent you from entering, if you are a citizen, and it's not all that long. But... again, that depends on a court system that adheres to laws and precedent. That's gone now.

It also requires that you have an opportunity to *show* your citizenship, which is not guaranteed if they fully jettison due process for alleged illegal immigrants

There are regulations, policies, and procedures in place for that. And guess what they all depend on...

Haha yeah when we get renditioned extraordinarily with whatever we have on our person at the time will that be enough for a loyal functionary to let us back in if we find our way back??

Like this guy? www.npr.org/sections/the...

U.S. Citizen Who Was Held By ICE For 3 Years Denied Compensation By Appeals Courtwww.npr.org Davino Watson was imprisoned as a deportable immigrant for 1,273 days, despite having U.S. citizenship. Now a court says he is not eligible for $82,500 in damages he was awarded.

If things get bad enough, the queue for justice will be so long (by design) that there will functionally be almost no point in waiting.

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