Ugly but doable if life here becomes all but impossible with, for example, prohibiting money transfers back home.
Lots of self-deports.
Toss the criminals, allow some to assimilate if they are willing to integrate into our culture. Businesses scream about lack of labor, so the Chamber of Commerce would support.
...jailing a Prez is considerably different, especially if most admit they are specious charges and can't survive appeal ...on Merchan's judicial bias, or the charges.
Understandable. Lawyers bend facts to their advantage...
...but lawyers also understand law better than fellow jurors and will be chastised by the country, conservative media, and even some lefty media who have already exposed the legal fallacies, for not knowing better, and not defending judicial integrity.
In NY, they might get away with little repetitional damage, but not elsewhere. Americans do not like to see their Presidents persecuted.
No doubt....a Prez in jail will be heralded by 10-15% of the fringe, but despised by a majority of the rest...and uncomfortable for most fence-sitters.
it’s a massive miss by the Ds...and they will pay.