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Donald Trump's Denaturalization Plan to STRIP Citizenship.

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there are now warnings that quote no one

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is safe and that everybody should be

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worried about the potential den

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naturalizations and denaturalization

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discussions that might be getting

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supercharged under Donald Trump's new

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Administration in this video I'm going

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to break down what denaturalization is

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we're going to talk about is this uh

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something that applies to you what class

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of Citizen are you are you a first class

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citizen or are you a second class

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citizen citizen not non-citizen we talk

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about that and we'll understand a little

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bit more why these discussions are

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coming up as well as whether or not you

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should actually be worried about this

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now uh keep in mind I actually have my

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passport right here and what's worth

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noting is that I was a naturalized

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citizen which means I was not actually

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born in the country which makes this

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particularly an interesting conversation

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for me because what if Kevin is subject

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to this I'll have to make these videos

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from back in my

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homeland

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Germany

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no they're in a recession oh man maybe

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that's where the bears belong anyway

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anyway let's get into this so here's the

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thing a lot of this discussion is going

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on because Steven Miller who worked with

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Donald Trump in the first Trump

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Administration has begun talking about

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plans for

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supercharging

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denaturalization and this has gotten

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people crazy on the internet Jack P

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writes we used to strip foreign born

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anarchists and Communists of their

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citizenship and Deport them laws still

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on the books just planting seeds that

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was an OCT October of

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2023 and in October of 2023 also Ste

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which is now revived because Donald

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Trump has won Donald Trump hasn't

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brought this up again but this is being

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revived and everybody's talking about it

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because now Donald Trump is won it's

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being revived because Steven Miller

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wrote yes we started a new d

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denaturalization project under Donald

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Trump in 2025 expect it to be

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turbocharged well 2025 is around the

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corner and now we got to ask ourselves

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what even is

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denaturalization so here's how it works

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when you come into the country legally

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like I did we ended up coming as

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temporary residents under a work visa

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and in the future after applying for it

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we got what's known as a green card this

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was through the ins which was the

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internal naturalization service that was

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before the Department of Homeland

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Security was created in 2003

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and I still have vivid memories of going

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into the ins office and the worker there

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taking my fingers and crushing them to

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take all my fingerprints I don't know

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why it's such a vivid memory but I've

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never forgotten it and since then we

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were all permanent residents now after I

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was a permanent resident for many years

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and uh right before I actually a few

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years before I ended up getting married

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to my wonderful wife Lauren uh I ended

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up becoming a citizen by applying i' had

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been here for I believe the requirement

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is 5 years and I've been here long

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enough I I think I applied after frankly

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10 years of being a permanent resident

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or more than that uh and the reality is

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got my citizenship approved after doing

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an interview filling out an application

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waiting for the period of time not

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necessarily in that order but then I

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became a citizen which gave me an

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American passport as a dual Citizen and

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the eligibility to vote in elections be

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drafted although I'm too old for that

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did you know the draft ends at 26 anyway

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uh and obviously serve in jury duty

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these are part of our Civic duties uh

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well that makes me a naturalized citizen

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this is different from a Birthright

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citizen if you were born in the United

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States you have citizenship through

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birth and this would be considered in

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the case of

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denaturalization a first class

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citizenship the reason if you have

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citizenship through birth it is

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considered first class is because it is

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enshrined in the Constitution Natural

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Born essentially now the second class

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citizenship there really are no classes

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of citizenship right now but the reason

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people suggests there might be a second

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class of citizenship is because if you

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were naturalized then that could

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potentially mean aha you are subject to

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denaturalization so what the heck is

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denaturalization well the New York Times

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did a great piece on this uh all the way

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back in 2020 now I know a lot of people

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don't like the New York Times but it

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gives you some background on what was

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going on during the Trump Administration

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and this move to quote bring Justice to

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terrorists war criminals sex offenders

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and other

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frauders now don't worry the problem

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goes Way Beyond this and there's a

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reason why quote No One Is Safe we're

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going to talk about that in just a

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moment but basically the justice

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department has a way of stripping people

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of their citizenship if they commit

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crimes and they have that second class

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of citizenship in other words they were

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naturalized now what crimes could this

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potentially apply to like if you run a

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stop sign are you going to get kicked

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out probably not it's probably going to

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apply to things like Affiliates those

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who support or work for a terrorist

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group genocide and human rights abuses

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serious criminal offenses like crimes

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against children sexual offenses against

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children or other violent crimes against

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children or other groups fraud on your

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citizenship application and just

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straight up

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terrorism now why is this a concern for

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people because it kind of seems logical

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that if you are just not a terrorist you

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might not have anything to worry about

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here well the concern is a slippery

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slope which unfort

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in politics it is extremely common for

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people who support Donald Trump to

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listen to what Trump says and assume the

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best and people who do not assume the

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best or and don't like Donald Trump they

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not only assume the worst but then they

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embark on the slippery slope of

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fallacious argumentation of suggesting

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oh well if he can take your citizenship

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away for doing a crime that means no one

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is safe because that means any crime

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could make you eligible for

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denaturalization and subsequent

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deportation as you lose your

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constitutional rights Donald Trump is

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trying to strip your constitutional

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rights and everybody should be shaking

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in their boots because a dictators about

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to take over that's an example of a

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slippery slope but it's an argument

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that's actually being made right now now

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I I promise you I don't want to bore you

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with this uh so I'm not going to

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actually put you through all of this uh

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in fact honestly I don't think I'm going

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to put you through any of it but there

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so let's talk about the things that

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Trump has said he's going to do or

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people close to him have said the

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administration is going to do number one

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is mass deportations of undocumented

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immigrants the second

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is Dean naturalization we'll leave it

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there I'm not going to go into it

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because honestly this Rambles on for

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like many minutes about denaturalization

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and how bad it is and how it's going to

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basically apply to

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everyone the principle of a slippery

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slope argument is you take a basic

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argument and then you assume from there

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that well if they can Deport terrorists

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because that's a crime then they can

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Deport people who kill people because

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that's a crime and if they can Deport

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people and denaturalize people who kill

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people and commit a crime then they

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could do that to people who steal from a

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store and if they can do that to

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somebody who steals from a store then

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they can do it to somebody who runs a

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stop sign or has tinted windows

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or

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jaywalks and then they argue the extreme

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anybody who jaywalks can get

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deported that's not what Donald Trump

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has said in fact Donald Trump has never

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indicated any of that or he has never

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done that in fact here's some examples

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of deportations followed by or Den

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naturalizations followed by deportations

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in the past New York Times wrote someone

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helped uh uh revoke the citizenship

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rights of a Yugoslavian born convicted

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war criminal who admitted from her

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naturalization application the fact that

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she had executed unarmed civilians

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during the 1990s Bulan conf

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okay did Obama pursue any Den

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naturalizations yes Obama did this too

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and he didn't get the slippery slope

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arguments Obama targeted people who lied

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on their applications and committed

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other crimes so Obama did this as well

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and yes it is true denaturalization

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applications in other words referrals

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for denaturalization did ramp up under

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the Trump administration of the 228

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denaturalization cases that were filed

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since 2008 going all the way to 2020 so

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in a 12-year plan 40% of them so nearly

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half were during the Trump

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Administration in fact in just those

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three years between 2017 and 2020

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denaturalization cases Skyrocket at 600%

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so yes Donald Trump does like

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denaturalization cases and they did you

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know Steven Miller at least it's not

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Trump but Steven Miller does suggest

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they would ramp this up now what's an

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example of a trump naturalization or

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denaturalization case uh how about when

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a naturalized citizen uh was

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denaturalized for uh recruiting people

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to al-Qaeda in the United States and

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then also sexually abused a

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seven-year-old family

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member okay these are the most extreme

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examples that the New York Times could

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find to bag on Donald

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Trump and unless you're executing

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unarmed citizens or recruiting people to

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Al-Qaeda and sexually abusing

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seven-year-olds in your own

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family I don't know that you really need

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to be worried about this but it doesn't

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stop the H uh well the hyperbolic nature

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of the

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ACLU the American civil liberties Union

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the Trump Administration has launched a

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denaturalization operation a project to

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strip a large number of Americans from

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their citizenship denaturalization is a

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drastic measure that should be taken in

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the most extreme circumstances only US

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citizens uh can be added to a list of

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targeted individuals and thereby sending

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a message that no one is safe in America

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lawful permanent residents may be scared

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to pursue citizenship because their

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lives could get destroyed and their

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citizenship could get taken away along

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with their

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rights okay ACLU I get it you need some

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more uh donations here

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but what about rights let's talk about

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rights for a moment and understand this

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could you lose constitutional rights by

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being

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denaturalized uh and could people like

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Elon Musk be a victim of this or Melania

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Trump or my father-in-law or myself well

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yeah theoretically yeah because we're

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all naturalized citizens uh but okay

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let's understand for a moment if you get

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denaturalized what kind of rights do you

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lose well you may end up getting

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convicted first of all in a

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denaturalization case in a trial of your

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peers but there is a lower burden of

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proof required and so this does make it

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a concern that potentially political

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enemies could use it against people they

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don't like to get them denaturalized the

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burden of proof is not Beyond A

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Reasonable Doubt for a denaturalization

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case this is considered a civil case and

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is actually as low as just requiring a

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burden of proof of clear and convincing

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evidence then you can get denaturalized

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and once you're denaturalized you could

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actually potentially lose some of your

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constitutional rights including your

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rights to do process or quite frankly

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your right to remain silent see once

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you're denaturalized now you're no

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longer a citizen or a permanent resident

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you might lose some of your

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constitutional

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protections and then get deported or

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Worse the slippery slope is is now you

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don't have your rights and you're stuck

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here and they just beat you until you

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talk because you have to because you

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have no constitutional rights anymore

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all of this I think is Extreme I am a

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naturalized citizen and I have zero

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concerns over this all this seems highly

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overblown uh and um here's an idea just

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don't be convicted of quote clear and

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convincing evidence of sexually

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assaulting 7-year-old children in your

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family committing genocide or recruiting

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people into terrorism or committing

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terrorism and frankly in that case I

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think you'll be okay and if you do some

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of those

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things well God willing I hope you get

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denaturalized why not advertise these

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things that you told us here I feel like

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nobody else knows about this we'll we'll

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try a little advertising and see how it

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goes congratulations man you have done

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so much people love you people look up

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to you Kevin pafra there financial

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analyst and YouTuber meet Kevin always

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great to get your take

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