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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
7. There aren't enough Grayhound buses to round up 11 million people.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 11:26 AM
Feb 2017

and what makes Trump think that Mexico and other nations want people piling up at their borders. Won't it be a pretty picture to see thousands and thousands of people in concentration camps in the US and at borders and airports around the world?

Yikes... 2naSalit Feb 2017 #1
Dump also sent 300 Air Guard from CT to the ME wordpix Feb 2017 #58
Clinton, Bush and Obama deployed the Guard, too--you're apple/oranging. nt MADem Feb 2017 #63
no I'm not, just giving a factoid wordpix Feb 2017 #95
Deploying reservists overseas isn't the same as using them as stormtroopers at home. nt MADem Feb 2017 #101
Half of the guard members might end up rounding up cousins, Ilsa Feb 2017 #2
No kidding. Will this be where we remember Hortensis Feb 2017 #88
And here's your attempted diversion from Russia. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #3
+1 2naSalit Feb 2017 #72
+2 ColemanMaskell Feb 2017 #85
Yes. But no "side," 45 admires Putin's authoritarian fist. Hortensis Feb 2017 #87
That's what I was thinking. How'd AP get that memo? nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #98
+3 True Dough Feb 2017 #102
This is EXACTLY what we did to the US citizens of Japanese descent in WW2 HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #4
No really it is not. Tommy Generico Feb 2017 #19
That's the next step. tavernier Feb 2017 #26
They were not "forced labor" camps, there was a world war and there were no deportations, so...... Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #33
Some of these people have green cards and visa. DK504 Feb 2017 #40
US Detention centers use prisoners for forced labor kiranerys Feb 2017 #52
They were interned in camps but they were NOT forced labor camps lunatica Feb 2017 #105
Not only then but under Hover in the late '20's and early '30's,,, mrmpa Feb 2017 #93
Only governors can do that? Yes? No? I do not know. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #5
No! atreides1 Feb 2017 #18
Thanks. Source? Wikipedia? Specifically, where's the second paragraph from? NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #27
There are EXTREME LIMITS to POTUS authority in that regard. MADem Feb 2017 #67
Thus, Twitler's newest outrage.... paleotn Feb 2017 #81
thank God for the judiciary onetexan Feb 2017 #86
Yes, yes, yes! District and then appellate courts will do most of the Hortensis Feb 2017 #89
He'd have to get some state governors to go along with it? Turbineguy Feb 2017 #6
He has 31 that are repugs. More then half the country. Heck almost two thirds. yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #28
Thanks for the link. ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #82
There aren't enough Grayhound buses to round up 11 million people. vlyons Feb 2017 #7
Obviously it is a stick HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #9
republicans are going to totally screw over the freaking FARM economy Achilleaze Feb 2017 #8
Trump is doing that now. murielm99 Feb 2017 #39
Not only with this kiranerys Feb 2017 #53
Pee45 & republican cronies have totally suckered America's farmers Achilleaze Feb 2017 #59
Trump is going to kill a whole bunch of hardcore republican farmers and the red republican workinclasszero Feb 2017 #91
The problem is there are actually places that you are not allowed to Doreen Feb 2017 #77
this turns my stomach OKNancy Feb 2017 #10
From Wikipedia Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #11
PCA is Posse Comitus Act Marthe48 Feb 2017 #16
Two words: BillyBobBrilliant Feb 2017 #12
Laying the groundwork... Wuddles440 Feb 2017 #13
Are we moving into a police state? This is not the purpose of the national guard. I see Bannon's riversedge Feb 2017 #14
Well, there goes any agricultural products from those states packman Feb 2017 #15
K&R volstork Feb 2017 #17
Are these folks involved in planting too? greymattermom Feb 2017 #20
Yes, and in crop maintenance. NT politicat Feb 2017 #35
In the South, it's always harvest season for something kiranerys Feb 2017 #56
Using the military for domestic law enforcement? Tommy Generico Feb 2017 #21
From upthread: christx30 Feb 2017 #37
I will bet that after this weekends mayhem at his campaign rally GusBob Feb 2017 #22
He wanted tanks in his inaugural parade, so I don't doubt it kiranerys Feb 2017 #54
how soon before he tries to use the National Guard against anyone? Marthe48 Feb 2017 #23
The troops would not be nationalized, remaining under state control. HAB911 Feb 2017 #24
The governors have had relatively quiet phones and faxes recently. Let's change that. politicat Feb 2017 #36
Oh, hell no uppityperson Feb 2017 #25
FWIW, Sean Spicer - This is not true. DHS also confirms it is 100% false herding cats Feb 2017 #29
Here's more to back up your statement: 7962 Feb 2017 #83
You guys aren't thinking big enough woundedkarma Feb 2017 #30
I'd call you crazy, but that was my EXACT THOUGHT after reading the post. byronius Feb 2017 #34
I think NM and Calif will tell him, hell no.New Mexicans wont do thisTo their own families.Civil War Alice11111 Feb 2017 #74
History Repeats! Wait for it! SCVDem Feb 2017 #31
Yes, this is legal under the Posse Comitatus Act Lurks Often Feb 2017 #32
It doesn't apply to National Guard "UNDER STATE AUTHORITY" This is a Federal action. W T F Feb 2017 #44
It'll depend on how the orders are phrased Lurks Often Feb 2017 #57
Update: Either the report was false or Trump is backpedalling. Tommy Generico Feb 2017 #38
Here is the memo. earthside Feb 2017 #42
They say it is a DRAFT--not signed, not implemented. MADem Feb 2017 #66
what can you believe? He changes his "policies" every minute wordpix Feb 2017 #60
Has any one heard about the 8 stages of genocide ... aggiesal Feb 2017 #41
Dehumanization is key. tRump-bots have totally bought that one regarding Muslims Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #50
Ok, so moving 5 to the number 3 slot ... aggiesal Feb 2017 #73
Between 4 & 5. Polarized since Newt Gingrich 1994, muslims been dehumanized since before 9/11. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author W T F Feb 2017 #43
BS story. Beware of hysteria Oneironaut Feb 2017 #45
Is the AP memo a forgery? earthside Feb 2017 #47
It does say "draft" and White House doesn't deny its authenticity, just that it is not actual policy Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #49
Martin Niemoller comes to mind jmowreader Feb 2017 #46
This story has already been denied by the White House. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #48
It was based on an ACTUAL draft memo that did not make it up the chain. MADem Feb 2017 #65
So somebody low in the food chain wrote it. Igel Feb 2017 #94
Wow the formation of his brown shirts jzodda Feb 2017 #51
Quite a few agencies will take issue with this. MADem Feb 2017 #55
he just sent 300 Air Guards to MidEast from CT wordpix Feb 2017 #61
That's not the same. The Mid-East is not "Texas" or "Nevada." MADem Feb 2017 #62
it's problematic we're using Nat Guard for wordpix Feb 2017 #96
We've done this for many decades now. MADem Feb 2017 #100
I see his trial baloon already popped! Rex Feb 2017 #64
He's a sick fucker judesedit Feb 2017 #68
He wanted to but then someone grabbed his Posse Comitatus.... Thor_MN Feb 2017 #69
Sound like somebody leaked this draft to "nip it in the bud" as Barney Fife would say. nt Cognitive_Resonance Feb 2017 #70
The RTKBA crew spent 8 years arming themselves against this very type of action! EarthFirst Feb 2017 #71
How very Nazi-esque of him NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #76
I am surprised Washington state was not in there. Doreen Feb 2017 #78
And the American Gestapo is born... Liberaltalker Feb 2017 #79
Trump via Spicer zentrum Feb 2017 #80
Scary shit. We need to get rid of this shitbag. Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #84
Jerry Brown wryter2000 Feb 2017 #90
Jefferson's fears of peace-time standing army realized? Panich52 Feb 2017 #92
California will not... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #97
Governors would have a choice...CA, OR and WA govs will not go for it. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #99
The Libertarian Wing of the GOP will have a shit fit. McCamy Taylor Feb 2017 #103
There is not way trump can implement this, without concentration camps. Paladin Feb 2017 #104
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