“Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country.”
What PolitiFact found
The Republicans’ vote against the amendment didn’t hand President Donald Trump the legal right to deport U.S. citizens. Current jurisprudence bars the deportation of U.S. citizens. Overturning that would require the U.S. Supreme Court — not just one committee of one chamber of Congress — to act.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Eric Swalwell (U.S. Representative, D-Calif.) made this claim around 30 April 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 May 2025, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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