I have a stupid question. How can the government try & threated to deport someone that is American?

When my sister & I were growing up someone from the government told my sister that they would deport her. We are legally Americans, born & raised here as was all are family before us. What gives the government the right to threaten a child like that?

Answer:
Just from the example that you gave about the police officer coming to talk to you trying to find a runaway - my guess would be that they were trying anything that they could so that they could find the child (scare tactics).

Considering what happens to many runaways - I don't agree with what the officer did, but I can understand where they were coming from.
If you are an American citizen then you cannot be deported unless you are stripped of your citizenship.
just some jerk
Look you gotta get over this and stop talking you are just making things worse
I would have called their bluff just to see where they thought you were from.
She could not be deported. Someone lied to her. The government didnt do it an individual did. Why I have no idea.
They couldn't
Yea right someone did that
I do not believe you
That's the government for you.........someone or some people in the government sector.........the government.......
That doesn't make any sense. Your parents must have lied to you about you being legal Americans.
If you're born here then there is nothing they can do.
you need to talk to some one in govt about this. something don't sound right.
Deport you ??where are they going to deport you to ..??if you were born here ,,Well I'm assuming,,,,They probably just wanted to scare you ,, Why were you doing something bad,,?? I don't think people just go around threatening people like that unless they are angry at something ,,,,,,don't you think ??
Simple! Nazi rules right now with Bush!
You can not be deported.
That wasn't 'the government' it was just an idiot who managed to get a badge and keep it long enough to insult your sister.

He probably had trouble at some point in his career, with an attitude like that.

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