Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months (opens in new tab)

That's how terror works, it can hit anyone, any time.

The Irish man you're referring to fled Ireland because of drug dealing charges, by the way. He's a fugitive.

Actually, thanks to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that's not exactly true anymore.

You can be detained and deported without first seeing a judge.

I think you misspoke. “Protects” is a statement of fact which does not resemble current facts. “is supposed to protect” would be more accurate.

The as built does not currently match the plan provided by the constitution and rule of law. Please see your nearest democratic representative to address the problem.

Not according to the 5th Circuit, sadly....

"The majority stakes the largest detention initiative in American history on the possibility that ‘seeking admission’ is like being an ‘applicant for admission,’ in a statute that has never been applied in this way, based on little more than an apparent conviction that Congress must have wanted these noncitizens detained — some of them the spouses, mothers, fathers, and grandparents of American citizens,” she added. “Straining at a gnat, the majority swallows a camel.”

https://www.courthousenews.com/fifth-circuit-upholds-trump-a...

It really doesn't. It should of course.

But SV cheers it on

If the Executive Branch doesn't care about the Constitution and inconvenient laws when directing the law enforcement agencies under its control, Congress doesn't hold the executive to account by either withholding funds or threatening impeachment, and the SCOTUS majority doesn't try to rein in these acts while seeming to lack the ability to enforce its own decisions, the words printed on the Constitution are just useless ink.

Elections have consequences, and we're all paying them. Some paying a lot more than others.

Getting Americans used to imprisoning every one they want.

It's also a small step to just detain and deport anyone remotely eligible who criticizes those in power, criticizes those who support those in power, is a family member of one of the prior mentioned parties, or is not in the preferred range of skin tones for those in power. They already deported a few citizens, oops, that's just going to happen when they have deportation quotas to meet, and let that be a warning to the rest of the uppity citizens with the gumption to protest against them.

An extremely charitable take. I commend you.

It’s absolutely a scam intended to route our tax dollars to private prisons. The rest is theater.

I bet the borders are still open to those who are motivated enough to cross.

Looks like this actually got unflagged if it was flagged before. That's rare here.