Melania Trump could be deported under new rules? Joy Reid warns 'she's outta here' under deporting denaturalizing citizens' policy

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Amid intensified immigration enforcement and the Donald Trump administration's attempt to revoke the citizenship of naturalised Americans, a petition has gone viral demanding that US First Lady Melania Trump, her son Barron Trump and her parents must be deported. The criticism is focussed on Melania Trump's use of the EB-1 visa, which is also nicknamed the "Einstein visa", typically reserved for individuals with extraordinary abilities in fields like science, arts, or businessAmerican commentator and host Joy Reid said if President Donald Trump is serious about denaturalizing and deporting citizens, he should worry about the precedent he would set. Cautioning Trump about the potential ramifications of denaturalizing and deporting citizens, he gave a message: 'Your policy could later be used against your family members', reports The Daily Beast.Touring an immigrant prison this week in the Florida Everglades that conservatives have dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Trump said he's open to deporting citizens.'They're not new to our country. They're old to our country. Many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here, too, if you want to know the truth,' he said. 'So maybe that will be the next job.'In an interview Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on The Joy Reid Show, Reid said Trump should be careful what he wishes for. If you give the president of the United States monarchical-like powers to say, 'I don't like your views, I don't like your take on issues, I don't that you're too liberal, you're not conservative enough, I'm just gonna take away your naturalized citizenship,' well… if we ever get a Democratic president, they could say, 'I don't like Melania Trump. She wasn't born here. She was born in Slovenia. She is a naturalized citizen. She's outta here.'And by the way, Ivana Trump, the late Ivana Trump, who's buried in the golf course in New Jersey in Donald Trump's golf club, she wasn't an American citizen. And three of her children are Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka.And maybe the next Democratic president says, 'You know what? I don't like the Trumps. And so we're gonna denaturalize all of the Trump children, whose mother was a foreigner at the time.'Reid also mentioned State Secretary Marco Rubio, whose Cuban-born grandfather was ordered to be deported in the 1960s after entering the U.S. without a valid visa, but who did not leave as ordered, existing in legal limbo until eventually securing refugee status.His remarks comes on the heels of a memo issued by the Justice Department earlier this week that gives U.S. Attorneys discretion over initiating denaturalization proceedings against people who have committed certain crimes.It also comes after Trump threatened the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, with arrest and deportation, baselessly alleging that Mamdani, who has lived in the U.S. since the age of 7 and who became a naturalized citizen in 2018, was in the country illegally. Many Republicans and close aide of Trump have called for the deportation of Zohran Mamdani.Americans have started a petition asking the government to deport Melania Trump, her parents and Barron Trump amid President Donald Trump's deportation efforts. The Move On petition is titled, 'Deport Melania, Melania's parents and Baron in the first round of deportations!''Since Trump wants to deport naturalized citizens, I believe it is only fair that Melania and her parents are on the first boat out,' the page reads. 'In addition, Melania's anchor baby, Baron, should be forced to leave as well because we know that his mother's mother was born in a different country. That is part of the criteria that Trump is putting into place. Your mother's mother has to have been born in the United States and we know Melania's mother was born elsewhere. If it's good for one, it's good for all! There should be no exceptions! On the first boat or flight out!''It is important that this is done to show that it is not a matter of favoritism. If this is truly about national security, the Melania needs to go!' it adds.Earlier this year, Congresswoman Maxine Waters called for the deportation of Melania, saying Trump should "first look at Melania's records.' "We don't know whether or not her parents were documented. And maybe we better just take a look," Waters said at a rally in Los Angeles. 'If he wants to start looking so closely to find those who were born here and their parents were undocumented, maybe he ought to first look at Melania.'