Trump Official Declaring 'Anyone Who Preaches Hate for America' Will Be Deported Worries Users: 'They Just Skip the First Amendment'
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Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller's pledge to deport those who "preach hate for America" has sparked fears of free speech violations.

Top Trump official Stephen Miller’s recent declaration that anyone who “preaches hate for America” will face deportation has ignited alarm online, with critics warning the statement disregards First Amendment protections.

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Social media users and legal analysts raised immediate concerns, pointing out that expressing dissent or criticism of the government is protected under the First Amendment. Some worried the administration was veering into authoritarian territory.

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The backlash has reignited broader debates over the limits of free speech, especially as civil liberties fall under scrutiny. While immigration enforcement remains a core theme of President Donald Trump’s platform, critics are increasingly questioning whether rhetoric like Miller’s is a precursor to more aggressive suppression of dissent.

  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
    140·
    3 months ago

    To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -Theodore Roosevelt

    • witnessbolt@lemm.eeEnglish
      60·
      3 months ago

      They ARE traitors. Russian-backed, Nazi-seig-heil throwing traitors. They aren’t joking about wanting to jail liberals. They 100% mean it.

      They’ve been prepped to be fine with it since they started calling “liberalism a mental disorder.”

      Straight Russian propaganda. The Kremlin wants to stamp out western liberal democracy. MAGA’s the push to destroy America

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      814·
      3 months ago

      Ok, but what about critics of the zio regime? Both “parties” agree that they should be kidnapped and encaged, right?

      • witnessbolt@lemm.eeEnglish
        192·
        3 months ago

        Nope. Jailing anyone without due process/etc is un American. We talked before.

        We are on the same side. If you’re not a bad actor, I encourage you to take a more constructive approach to this discussion.

        When Hamas very first attacked, I was on Israel’s side. Not everyone is as educated on Israel’s influence on our politics/etc. (fuck Israel. They can figure shit out on their own. I don’t want to fund genocide. Period.)

      • HalfSalesman@lemm.eeEnglish
        163·
        3 months ago

        Zionist Democrats want to fine you and repress you in financial ways. They want to “tut tut” you for being anti-Semitic.

        Zionist Republicans want to put you (and immigrants, and LGBT, and dissenters) in a death camp.

        • Mirshe@lemmy.world
          41·
          3 months ago

          And the death camp is only a formality. If they thought they could get away with it, they’d have the police gun you down in the street and start issuing death warrants.