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avebury

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3. I doubt that would hold up in court.

Reply to SummerSnow (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 12, 2017, 03:30 PM

Oct 2017

Any American can pack up and move from state to state for any reason with no requirements. It would be discriminatory to deny the Puerto Ricans same access that everyone else has.

I wish that the Democrats could find a way to relocate them to swing states in sufficient numbers to prevent the Rethugs from winning those states in 2018.

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Will Trump Try to Halt an Exodus from Puerto Rico? [View all] MineralMan Oct 2017 OP

I asked that very same question the other day. SummerSnow Oct 2017 #1

I doubt that would hold up in court. avebury Oct 2017 #3

Discrimination is Trumps middle name SummerSnow Oct 2017 #12

One travel ban coming right up in the express lane! Kittycow Oct 2017 #2

Yes I think he will. n/t LuckyCharms Oct 2017 #4

Jesus. He is just that monstrous, isn't he? nt Hekate Oct 2017 #5

How is that different from preventing people from going between Illinois and Wisconsin? Bleacher Creature Oct 2017 #6

The only excuse he might be able to use is a health scare. MineralMan Oct 2017 #7

Like a quarantine? Or internment? Bleacher Creature Oct 2017 #9

See below for a link to the CDC page on federal quarantines. MineralMan Oct 2017 #11

Illinoisans arent Mexicans and Puerto Rucans are Nevernose Oct 2017 #13

Here's a CDC page on quarantines by the Federal Government. MineralMan Oct 2017 #8

Well, while smallpox spore-laden blankets might be a bit obvious... hlthe2b Oct 2017 #10

Trump's Florida Pals Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #14

I have been wondering this since Maria hit PR if this was going to be an eventual issue. Doreen Oct 2017 #15

Actually I think the opposite. hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2017 #16