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TomSlick

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3. Nothing. You are not missing anything.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 08:23 PM

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The only people I can think of in the US but not subject to the jurisdiction of the US are people with diplomatic immunity.

The Trump lawyers haven't thought this through. If undocumented immigrants are not subject to US jurisdiction, they may not be arrested by ICE.

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