Trump attorneys' call into question U.S. citizenship for Native people. They state because Indians "owe 'immediate

[applegrove]

Your WTF of the hour

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2025-01-23T20:36:38.672Z

Your WTF of the hour:

"Trump attorneys’ call into question U.S. citizenship for Native people. They state because Indians “owe ‘immediate allegiance’ to their tribes, they are not ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are not constitutionally entitled to Citizenship.”

[Ocelot II]

1. So where will Trump deport them to?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Forced march back over the Bering Strait.

[calimary]

2. Um... they WERE here first...

[surfered]

3. So the Trump Justice Department is in favor of apartheid?

[applegrove]

5. Looks like it. Unless they give up their tribal membership

most likely they will not be considered citizens. At least it looks like that is where they are going.

[LiberalArkie]

13. And hence can not vote in Federal elections..

[applegrove]

15. Exactly.

[malaise]

9. Yes

That is all

[Irish_Dem]

6. Trump's only allegiance is to himself, and he is not subject to the jurisdiction of the US.

So that means he is not entitled to citizenship either.

[yonder]

7. Ask those same "lawyers" what nation

has had jurisdiction over Leonard Peltier for almost 50 years.

[Squeaky41]

8. Native Treaty Act 1924

They are all citizens of the US.

[surfered]

14. Thank you!

[Hope22]

10. He is the sickest ba$+ard ever born on the face of the earth.

I would have thought there were no tears left!

[OhioBack2Blue]

11. So they are the real...

...sovereign citizens, not the MAGAs.

[LastDemocratInSC]

12. Many of my neighbors owe their allegiance to their tribes and Trump instead of our nation.

Their hierarchy in terms of allegiance is this: immediate family, church, friends made during junior and high school and adult peer groups.

Tribal allegiances and adoration of a perceived savior are hard habits to break.

[Disaffected]

16. Trail of Tears

Act II. Good grief, they too subject to deportation??

[Sailingfish]

17. All about vindictive emotion, ax-grinding , and revenge for Trump.

He's still pissed off the American Indian Tribes got a slice of the Casino and Gaming pie.

https://americanindianrepublic.com/trumps-decades-long-battle-with-indian-gaming/

https://time.com/4246080/tribal-warrior/