... ordinary residents in the US not just dangerous criminals ...
Anyway the point of the thread is NOT to debate whether the deportations are
justified or not, this thread is to discuss what happens when you are picked up.
Assuming you are picked up outside your home and deported you lose possession of
your belongings including your hardware wallet and seed (assuming you dont carry it
with you and assuming the officials havent confiscated it)
I cant figure out how I would survive if I had no contacts left in the country
they deported me to, with possibly no or limited money and no access to my
bank or to my Bitcoin.
The vast majority of us will never encounter such a scenario but...
Outside of asking a family member/friend to retrieve your HW wallet and/or seed
What do you do in such a scenario?
"ordinary residents" - you mean people who have broken the law to come to the US. Just as every other country has laws and border controls.
"no contacts left in the country they deported me to" - are you in the US or other country illegally?
"limited money and no access to my bank or to my Bitcoin" - if you are somewhere illegally, it is probably best to return to the country you came from with your possessions and then find a way to go where you want to go legally.
"retrieve your HW wallet and/or seed" - memorize it is one option.