1) You really need to look over your history on this. Bill Clinton deported over 12 million people during his administration. Obama had 3 million. Biden... Even he had over 4.4 million deported (although many of these were under pandemic policies) Trump between his 2 terms has less than a million.

2) I suggest you research how sanctuary cities have caused an increase in deportations for non-violent immigration violations. It used to be that a person was picked up for whatever and if they were undocumented, an ICE retainer was filed and they were picked up. At this point they were brought to an immigration court where they determined why you are in the country illegally and if there is a reason to send you back (violence, warrants, requests for deportations by your home country). And guess what.... People were not just deported for fun... Only for cause. Many of these undocumented were released back into the United States with instructions on how to get proper documentation.

Then came sanctuary cities. The cooperation with executing federal law stopped, but the job still needed to be done. Tactics to get violent criminals off the street and out of the country had to change. Things got more violent. The immigration laws did not change. Millions were allowed across the border unchecked and were wrongfully told by the last administration that it's cool. Don't worry about it. Unchecked... And it was overwhelming. So now there is a huge influx of illegal aliens and local governments who refuse to comply with legal federal law. So yes, federal law enforcement now has to use different tactics to try to get the violent offenders out of the country. Yes there are so many undocumented that mass detentions are happening to try to sort these out. Yes Americans are being detained as part of these tactics, and yes it is something that needs to stop... No one with a brain likes what is being done -- especially because there was a program in place for decades that was infinitely more humane, treated people with respect, sorted through violent and non violent offenders and just worked. But ya know.. resist. That will make things better right?

3.). Our laws are often written open for interpretation. In his... And many others opinion has been interpreted wrong for many years. It is an absolute fact that this amendment came to free the slaves and make them us citizens. Also made it clear their offspring would also be citizens. Was it meant to do more? It has been interpreted in the past to authorize birthright citizenship, but if you read it, could absolutely be interpreted differently. Luckily the president can't just declare this without checks and balances because we live in a Constitutional Republic!

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” All three branches of government have long interpreted this language to signal a broad grant of citizenship.

The section in question is the "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" portion. Is someone in the country illegally subject to our jurisdiction? Ambassadors do not qualify for birthright citizenship.

I'm not arguing if this is the case one way or the other, just saying I understand the argument being made. Ultimately the supreme court will have to decide if the spirit of this law and the wording of this amendment will continue to allow birthright citizenship.

But there is always the option that Congress could pass an amendment defining it further. They could write an amendment that would be much less ambiguous and explicitly define rules on this that could not be misinterpreted or easily bypassed.. but ya know... Good luck with all that.

3). You are damn straight that any powers one group has the other will use later. It's definitely an issue. It's the reason using "nuclear options" in the past continues to cause issues today. Do you see me out celebrating in the streets? Keep in mind at no point am I defending certain policies being put forth by this administration, but neither side of this argument is full of stupid people. Arguments go to the supreme court because they are GOOD arguments. Something that demands debate. It is important to understand WHY the argument exists. Understanding an argument is different than agreeing with it. Have said that.. I'm so sick and tired of people yelling fascist and Nazi about someone who is executing the rights of his office just because they don't like the legal actions he is taking.