Speaker Johnson's off-hand declaration that 4.5 million people would be quickly assigned for deportation should serve as a reminder that the process that would lead to those deportations is as arbitrary as the number.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/23/practical-moral-difficulties-deporting-millions-draw-closer/
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