This is the thing. Your papers, your citizenship, your birthplace mean nothing if the people in power decide you’re a threat.

JTjacobtlevy.bsky.socialOct 12, 2024 1:52am

The Alien Enemies Act was part of the package of the Alien and Sedition Acts that risked choking off American liberty before the constitutional order had fully taken hold. It was last used to justify the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

And there are people raising a fist and screaming "YES!" I am appalled.

Yes. 😓

As the late, great George Carlin said: "You have no rights. Rights aren't rights if the government can snatch them away whenever they feel like it. They're privileges."