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The goal is to force self-deportation. Whether this will be successful is too early to say. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/immigrants-self-dep

The goal is to force self-deportation. Whether this will be successful is too early to say. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/immigrants-self-deportation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/immigrants-s... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/self-deportation-trump-immigration/683313/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/self-de... Edit for reply: As for the comparison with prohibition, I don't quite agree. The clampdown on CP, despite being just images and data as much as regular P, has thankfully been very successful. The government actually can clamp down on things, even purely digital information, when it has the will.

ipv6ipv4 1y ago
Yes, and the goal of prohibition was to end alcohol consumption. Instead it cemented organized crime in America. There is an unmistakable hint of cognitive dissonance when the administration believes that the best way to get at "freeloading" illegal immigrants is through their taxes.
mindslight 1y ago
Like lighting your house on fire to get an unwanted party guest to leave. Going by the track record of their other so-called "plans" - no, this will not be successful.
- red-iron-pine 1y ago
  they're not doing it to be successful, they're doing it to create an unimpeachable internal security force