We have already seen this administration, and state and local agencies, discard the concept of due process - legal, natural born US citizens have been caught up in the net already just because they look “foreign”. Indeed, the military itself disregarded due process habitually in Iraq and Afghanistan as they were unquestioned.

So who is a US Citizen? A person requires due process to prove their citizenship. Can you trust Trumpworld to ask questions before they shoot? How do you mount a defense without due process?

We have seen before how mission creep hands ever greater powers to the state. Originally, searches of property were conducted at border crossings. Then searches included devices such as smartphones and the content of those phones including social media apps. Then the definition of “border” search areas was increased to anywhere within 190 miles of a border or port of entry (eg airports), meaning without a warrant your phone is subject to seizure and data retrieval with zero probable cause if you live near any major city, if the authorities so choose.

So today, the military patrol the border. Tomorrow, the border region, next week any state with a land or sea border, next month any state with an international airport…