Matt Welch

I lived in a number of different countries, principally Russia, but also Uzbekistan, Mongolia, some other places. And you never have a sense that you have rights to a place as a foreigner. You always think of yourself as a guest. You always want to be on your best behavior. And you always want to respect the culture, to try to learn the language, do all those things. And the idea...

I lived in a number of different countries, principally Russia, but also Uzbekistan, Mongolia, some other places. And you never have a sense that you have rights to a place as a foreigner. You always think of yourself as a guest. You always want to be on your best behavior. And you always want to respect the culture, to try to learn the language, do all those things. And the idea...

that you can be thrown out of the country at any moment is present in your mind at all times i mean i was thrown out of uzbekistan and they had every right to what'd you do Uh, I was there in the wrong kind of visa and, um, yeah, I was actually playing for the, for an Uzbek baseball team at the time and they threw me out after practice.

that you can be thrown out of the country at any moment is present in your mind at all times i mean i was thrown out of uzbekistan and they had every right to what'd you do Uh, I was there in the wrong kind of visa and, um, yeah, I was actually playing for the, for an Uzbek baseball team at the time and they threw me out after practice.

that you can be thrown out of the country at any moment is present in your mind at all times i mean i was thrown out of uzbekistan and they had every right to what'd you do Uh, I was there in the wrong kind of visa and, um, yeah, I was actually playing for the, for an Uzbek baseball team at the time and they threw me out after practice.

Um, but look, the, the, the idea that, that all these people, you know, as much as a civil libertarian as I am, the idea that foreigners or their people who are here illegally have the same rights as Americans, this isn't true. They, they may have, uh, by law, they may have the same speech rights once they get here, but there are,

Um, but look, the, the, the idea that, that all these people, you know, as much as a civil libertarian as I am, the idea that foreigners or their people who are here illegally have the same rights as Americans, this isn't true. They, they may have, uh, by law, they may have the same speech rights once they get here, but there are,

Um, but look, the, the, the idea that, that all these people, you know, as much as a civil libertarian as I am, the idea that foreigners or their people who are here illegally have the same rights as Americans, this isn't true. They, they may have, uh, by law, they may have the same speech rights once they get here, but there are,

The notion that the president doesn't have the ability to throw these people out of the country doesn't hold up, I don't think.

The notion that the president doesn't have the ability to throw these people out of the country doesn't hold up, I don't think.

The notion that the president doesn't have the ability to throw these people out of the country doesn't hold up, I don't think.

Yeah. And just to go to go back to you're absolutely right. And to go back to the John Harwood thing, the reason that comparison is so obscene is because, you know, the young black men who were rounded up during the Jim Crow period, they were citizens. They had rights. that were ignored and abused during that time.

Yeah. And just to go to go back to you're absolutely right. And to go back to the John Harwood thing, the reason that comparison is so obscene is because, you know, the young black men who were rounded up during the Jim Crow period, they were citizens. They had rights. that were ignored and abused during that time.

Yeah. And just to go to go back to you're absolutely right. And to go back to the John Harwood thing, the reason that comparison is so obscene is because, you know, the young black men who were rounded up during the Jim Crow period, they were citizens. They had rights. that were ignored and abused during that time.

They should have shared full equal rights because they were Americans just like us. It's an apples to oranges thing to compare these two situations to claim that these suspected gang members are like abused American citizens just isn't true. And you're right, they've lost all standing to complain about this like they have on speech issues.

They should have shared full equal rights because they were Americans just like us. It's an apples to oranges thing to compare these two situations to claim that these suspected gang members are like abused American citizens just isn't true. And you're right, they've lost all standing to complain about this like they have on speech issues.

They should have shared full equal rights because they were Americans just like us. It's an apples to oranges thing to compare these two situations to claim that these suspected gang members are like abused American citizens just isn't true. And you're right, they've lost all standing to complain about this like they have on speech issues.

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What? Just as like a horror movie exercise. But anyway.

What? Just as like a horror movie exercise. But anyway.