# Can Sovereign Citizens be deported or interned?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sovereign-citizens-be-deported-or-interned/782616 "2017-03-20T15:39:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sovereign-citizens-be-deported-or-interned/782616/50 "2017-03-31T01:16:47Z")

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I say that we pay Chad (the country, not the douche) $1B per year and anyone claiming to be a SC (or variation such as FoTL, Article 4 traveller, etc.) in open court has hereby given up their US citizenship, becomes a Chadian citizen and is immediately deported.

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