# Deportation: What if no country agrees to take them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 11, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097 "2024-11-11T21:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/65 "2024-11-14T22:34:47Z")
One of the problems (at least some of) the Soviet dissidents had back in the Cold War was that the Soviet Union stripped them of their citizenship, thus rendering them stateless. Solzhenitsyn was one - West Germany agreed to take him. The Soviets were much criticised for this at the time. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/66 "2024-11-14T23:20:59Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I don’t think the cartels would get much of a say. Defying the anemic Mexican Army is one thing, defying the US Army’s 2nd Armored Division is something else entirely. I’m sure the IDF felt the same about Gaza. And they have flattened it and occupied it. And reoccupied the north. And reoccupied the north. And re… The full weight of the US Army worked well in Iraq and Afghanistan for ensuring that once they arrived, nobody would try to attack them. The Soviet Army found the same in Afghanistan. The American army found the same in Vietnam. Why would it be necessary to set up a camp on Mexican soil? I would imagine it falls into the same category as Guantanamo then, so any thought they’d escape being told what to do by the courts is probably futile. If it’s just across the border from a major US city, why not place it on US soil and avoid severe provocation of the international community? (Especially, as noted, the liklihood that it will drive the other countries of Latin America into alliances with China or Russia?) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/67 "2024-11-15T00:05:19Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Fly them to their home country and open the door. This becomes problematic if they refuse permission to land. As god is my witness… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/68 "2024-11-15T00:09:11Z")
What would be the ramifications of deporting someone to land owned by no government? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/69 "2024-11-15T00:11:35Z")
Except for Antarctica and the moon does any such place exist? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/70 "2024-11-15T00:14:38Z")
[Bir Tawil?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Tawil) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/71 "2024-11-15T01:32:26Z")
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097/72 "2024-11-15T01:34:05Z")
[Moderating] On further review, there appear to have been seven posts in this thread out of the last thirty that were actually on topic (that’s numbers 27, 40, 44, 61, and 64-66, for anyone keeping count). I’m putting this thread out of its misery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097.md?page=3)