Dara Lind

the emergency declaration that was one of the day one executive orders, the easier the second of those is. And the more that they can both use military planes and bully other countries. And we saw some of this over the weekend with a, you know, a standoff, a very brief standoff with the country of Columbia over the use of military flights to deport Colombian nationals.

the emergency declaration that was one of the day one executive orders, the easier the second of those is. And the more that they can both use military planes and bully other countries. And we saw some of this over the weekend with a, you know, a standoff, a very brief standoff with the country of Columbia over the use of military flights to deport Colombian nationals.

The more they can bully other countries to take back military planes or to take back a lot of ice air flights, the easier the deportation part of that is. So those are kind of where I'm seeing the big variables right now. But ultimately, all of those are still resources. And even if you're tapping the DOD budget for a lot of things, Congress still has to, at a certain point,

The more they can bully other countries to take back military planes or to take back a lot of ice air flights, the easier the deportation part of that is. So those are kind of where I'm seeing the big variables right now. But ultimately, all of those are still resources. And even if you're tapping the DOD budget for a lot of things, Congress still has to, at a certain point,

you know, you're going to either run out of ICE budget or Congress is going to have to appropriate in the future the kind of money that anticipates that you're going to be running a Department of Defense that is also engaged in immigration enforcement.

you know, you're going to either run out of ICE budget or Congress is going to have to appropriate in the future the kind of money that anticipates that you're going to be running a Department of Defense that is also engaged in immigration enforcement.

And so while in the short term, they're acting really, really aggressively, how long they can keep this up is going to depend on whether Congress is writing them a blank check or whether they're going to start asking questions about just how much can be spent on it.

And so while in the short term, they're acting really, really aggressively, how long they can keep this up is going to depend on whether Congress is writing them a blank check or whether they're going to start asking questions about just how much can be spent on it.

We're not quite to that point yet, because immigration law doesn't technically require you to deport somebody to the country where they came from. And this is where the diplomatic aspect of this gets very complicated and very important. In the recent past, under the Trump and Biden administrations, Mexico has agreed to accept some non-Mexicans, whether that's

We're not quite to that point yet, because immigration law doesn't technically require you to deport somebody to the country where they came from. And this is where the diplomatic aspect of this gets very complicated and very important. In the recent past, under the Trump and Biden administrations, Mexico has agreed to accept some non-Mexicans, whether that's

temporarily while they await court hearings in the United States under the Remain in Mexico program, which the Trump administration is now trying to restart, or whether that's actually taking people who are essentially being deported, but deported to Mexico.

temporarily while they await court hearings in the United States under the Remain in Mexico program, which the Trump administration is now trying to restart, or whether that's actually taking people who are essentially being deported, but deported to Mexico.

whether and how many people they're willing to accept in that is going to be a very important variable because it's so much easier to deport people back to Mexico than it is to fly them other places.

whether and how many people they're willing to accept in that is going to be a very important variable because it's so much easier to deport people back to Mexico than it is to fly them other places.

You know, it's just so much cheaper that not only is that going to be a help on the logistical end, but also, as you mentioned, for countries like Venezuela, where it's not really foreseeable that you're going to have some kind of breakthrough where the Maduro government is going to like say, yes, this is awesome. We love the US now.

You know, it's just so much cheaper that not only is that going to be a help on the logistical end, but also, as you mentioned, for countries like Venezuela, where it's not really foreseeable that you're going to have some kind of breakthrough where the Maduro government is going to like say, yes, this is awesome. We love the US now.

Having other places you can return them to starts to become a really important variable. We've already heard rumors that the government of El Salvador is very gung-ho about signing an agreement with the United States that will allow people to be deported to El Salvador who aren't from El Salvador. That sort of thing.

Having other places you can return them to starts to become a really important variable. We've already heard rumors that the government of El Salvador is very gung-ho about signing an agreement with the United States that will allow people to be deported to El Salvador who aren't from El Salvador. That sort of thing.

The more options that they have, the easier it's going to be for them to get around the recalcitrance of any one country.

The more options that they have, the easier it's going to be for them to get around the recalcitrance of any one country.