Senior Republican Tom Emmers flounders when asked about Trump plan to deport US citizens to foreign jails
Source: The Independent
Senior Republican flounders when asked about Trump plan to deport US citizens to foreign jails
House majority whip Tom Emmers quickly changes the subject three times after being asked about controversial idea
John Bowden
in Washington, D.C.
Sunday 20 April 2025 20:33 BST
A CNN anchor grilled a top-ranking House Republican on Sunday over whether Congress would sit by and allow the Trump administration to continue with its mass deportation strategy if American citizens started being targeted.
Though it’s illegal to deport US citizens, President Donald Trump has raised the possibility on several occasions in recent weeks. During a White House visit with El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele last week, the US commander-in-chief urged the leader of a Central American country — with the cameras rolling — to expand a notorious mega-prison used to house gang members and other hardened criminals in order to house Americans.
In other instances, Trump has proposed such a punishment for demonstrators who vandalise or commit arson at Tesla dealerships over the left’s anger with its CEO, Elon Musk.
On Sunday, CNN’s Dana Bash interviewed House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, the third-highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives. She pressed Emmer repeatedly over whether he, in his capacity as an attorney as well as a lawmaker, believed that Trump had the legal or constitutional authority to deport American citizens if they were convicted of violent crimes.
Three times, Emmer refused to directly answer Bash’s question. ...
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-emmer-trump-deportations-citizens-b2736438.html
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