"Thought crimes": Rubio lays out government's justification for deportations based on "beliefs"

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The Trump administration is claiming the right to deport individuals based on their beliefs or speech alone, as pressure mounts to release activist Mahmoud Khalil.

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the government can expel legal residents from the country based on “past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful.” The memo came in response to a federal judge's order to show evidence in its case against Khalil.

Khalil was grabbed by federal agents inside his Columbia University housing last month and transported to a detention center in Louisiana.

Rubio pulled the alleged authority to rendition activists from a 1952 act that specifies the Secretary of State can flag an individual for deportation if their presence could have “serious adverse foreign policy consequences.” The rarely-invoked clause is vague, though legal experts say the federal government cannot unilaterally revoke a person's green card status.

TLDR: Marco Rubio, Secretary Of State said that he can expel legal residents from the country for "expected beliefs"...

[Lovie777]

1. They have lost it............

[MayReasonRule]

5. Fascists Never Had It In The First Place

Depravity is their creed and their purpose.

[hedda_foil]

2. Not just beliefs but "EXPECTED BELIEFS."

What they think you think, whether you think it or not. This goes beyond thought crimes.

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3. Agreed... This Is Precog Bullshit...

[hedda_foil]

10. Precognition with no cognition on their part required.

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13. Indeed. Idiots Rule...

I got a lie, fat fuckin' lie 'bout a law idiots obey
They made it easy, cheaters have their way
You hi di ho, you're livin' on your knees
Forget the rule
Oh, oh oh oh, idiots rule
Forget the rule
Oh, oh oh oh, idiots rule

[Hotler]

4. Christian Taliban. aka dominionist.

I think Bill Barr said something or similar like this,
Those that don't toe the line of our religious beliefs are the enemy.

[FalloutShelter]

6. Christofascists

[boonecreek]

7. Great, a law from the McCarthy Era.

That's what they're using to justify this?

[Klarkashton]

8. So much for the "marketplace of ideas"

That marketplace only exists for far right wing bullshit apparently.

[Retrograde]

9. "serious adverse foreign policy consequences."

Do we still have a coherent foreign policy? Or one that stays the same from week to week?

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11. In 1952 that meant rooting for Russia

Against democracies.

[sakabatou]

12. The dying gasps of the First Amendment

[surfered]

14. We don't need no stinkin' Constitution.

[EndlessWire]

15. I think that Rubio has a very scared

demeanor when he's around rump, but this? He's willing to "flag" somebody for deportation as Secretary of State, and bear that responsibility because some doughy, fat assed POS wants to assert sole authority over everyone and everything on the planet? Rubio as Thought Policeman?

Where is your dignity, man? You're not going to ever be President. You just threw it all away. If you really could do all of that, than why don't you deport TRUMP? He's certainly an enemy of the US.