Stephen Miller said that the "privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended at a time of invasion. So I would say that's an action we're actively looking at.” (Reference)
Dandelions are not indiginous to the United States. It has been speculated that they were introduced to the country by the Pilgrims who brought them here on the Mayflower (reference) because of the belief in their medicinal benefits.
Here’s an article which notes the benefits of dandelions. It is from Washington state’s The Peninsula Daily News. It features a photo showing a lovely field of dandelions. Once upon a time were were no dandeloins in the state of Washington.
Everyone can understand why dandelions propagated so easily and spread so rapidly across the country. As kids we liked to blow on them when they were about to seed.
This is from this website:
Before the invention of lawns, people praised the golden blossoms and lion-toothed leaves as a bounty of food, medicine and magic. Gardeners often weeded out the grass to make room for the dandelions. But somewhere in the twentieth century, humans decided that the dandelion was a weed. Nowadays, they’re also the most unpopular plant in the neighborhood – but it wasn’t always that way.
By now you probably see where I am going with my comparing the so called invasion of immigrants to the invasion of dandelions.
Dandelions once were considered useful and even cultivated. Not only are there documentated medicinal properties, but every part of them is edible. When people decided to keep their lawns pure green they were defined as invaders, as persona non grata.
They are bright yellow when in bloom and fields of them are lovely to look at. As far as someone who wants a pristine green lawn they think they ruins its appearance.
Nobody I can find suggests using them for your entire lawn. I tried a web search:
There are countless websites about how to get rid of dandelions, but I couldn’t find any about how to cultivate a lawn entirely of dandelions. This would be a very low maintenance lawn. It would change its appearance through the seasons.
There are millions of people who consider brown skinned immigrants to be an invasive species. They think that are not unlike the huge number of truly destructive creatures in the country (see list) from the African Clawed Frog to the Zebra Mussel.
For those who want America to be as white, or as White, as possible, the presence of some people with dark complexions has to be tolerated and sometimes applauded. For example they can suspended their underlying racism for Clarence Thomas and for various entertainers and sports figures. However, they have an excuse to rid the nation of others who they can claim are dangerous invaders.
As you can see from the following graph from this website most MAGAs are White and a large percentage are Christian. By chance, no doubt because white on white wouldn't show, the White bar is colored yellow like dandelions.
Many people like dandelions. Consider this from Amazon:
Likewise, many people like or love either individual immigrants who they have as family members, friends, and/or aquaintances. Others just like the idea of welcoming immigrants to our country and to any country. Most recently, prominent among these people, is Pope Leo XIV.
Addendum:
Thanks to Sabrina Haake in her comment I was reminded of dandelion wine, and of the Ray Bradbury novel by that name
Excerpt from Wiki:
The title refers to a wine made with dandelion petals and other ingredients, commonly citrus fruit. In the story, dandelion wine, as made daily by the protagonist's grandfather, serves as a metaphor for distilling all of the joys of summer.
Bonus:
The Rolling Stones had a song about a woman named Dandelion (here):
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