Could the decision to remove certain populations from the national territory be extended to tourists ? In this case, how can we determine the political color of a European wishing to enter American territory ? In France, for example, universal suffrage is always secret, in accordance with Article 3 of the Constitution as recalled by the Constitutional Council. The secrecy of the vote is guaranteed by compliance with procedures in polling stations on election days. It is impossible, in this case, to prohibit the entry into the United States of a French citizen whose political sensitivity is close to communism, for example. “Those who join our Country must love our Country. “We will use extreme control to ensure that jihadists and jihad sympathizers are not admitted,” the Republican program specifies, without giving further details on the “extreme control” that could be put in place.
A proposal that recalls a measure applied by the Nazis
In a campaign speech in Washington in June 2023, Donald Trump recalled, according to him, the growing danger of socialism and communism. “Ultimately, either the communists destroy America, or we destroy the communists (…) This is the final battle. With you by my side, we will drive out the globalists, we will drive out the communists,” he declared. He called for mass deportations of immigrants with left-wing views: “Using federal law, Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, I will direct my government to bar the entry of all Communists and all Marxists,” he explained.
But that's not all. The Republican candidate also announced “a new plan to protect the integrity of our immigration system. Federal law prohibits communists and totalitarians from entering the United States. But my question is: What are we going to do with those who are already here, who grew up here ? I think we need to pass a new law for them.” An exit that had never happened before, no major political figure in the United States had uttered these words.
The Denaturalization Acts of 1933, on Reich Citizenship and the 11th Decree of the Reich Citizenship Act of 1941 had allowed the Nazi government of the time to deprive hundreds of thousands of Germans of their citizenship rights. in the name of their political opinion (socialist) or their Jewish or Roma origins by placing them outside the “Volksgemeinschaft”. Using Hitler's language for Donald Trump had marked a real tipping point in American democracy. According to Michael Bender, the author of the book Frankly, We did win this election, Donald Trump is said to have declared during a visit to France in 2018 that Hitler “did a lot of good things”. Six years later, Trump's platform for the American presidency recalls a measure applied by the Nazi regime.
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116