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In reply to the discussion: U.S. lawmaker calls for extraditing 'dangerous' Bolsonaro from Florida [View all]jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)I didn't mean to imply that the Brazilians wanted the Shah.
What I was getting at was that I remember the then President Carter interceding for the Shah's healthcare but expressly limiting his persona gratia status to a short recovery after surgery. This humanitarian move was criticized at the time by his detractors who were always poised to condemn his every move. Still, it was an example of the executive unilaterally moving to address the immigration status of a former national executive wanted for trial by his home country. My thinking was that therein might be a precedent in which the ex-Brazilian president may be liable for forced repatriation to Brazil if Biden were to choose to intercede in this case. A shoot-out at the Miami International airport with DeSantis' black-shirts would be great entertainment plus an important object lesson to any other would-be "presidential candidates" who assume a mantle and authority presuming to thwart a sitting POTUS. The prosecution and execution of another Nazi along with his accomplices would be an object lesson apropos to these times.
My only question is would the FBI or NG or US Marshalls or whoever actually follow an executive order from a Democratic president? I wouldn't trust the Secret Service to shoot the right way.