Quoted by Time in Can a U.S. Citizen Be Deported? Trump’s Comments Raise Legal Alarms, Steve called the Trump administration’s proposal to send U.S. citizens to foreign prisons an attempt to “sow chaos and fear even if the administration’s actions are not legal.” He warned that forcibly transferring U.S. citizens to foreign custody could be unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. “When U.S. citizens get convicted of a crime, they serve time in either a state or federal jail, and then they get released. They’re not supposed to be deported,” he said.
