Sam Lowry said:
Assassin said:
Sam Lowry said:
Assassin said:
Sam Lowry said:
gtownbear said:
One of my questions relating to current judicial decisions over President Trump's policy decisions versus judicial decisions over past Presidential decisions. For exam
ple, how did President Obama manage to deport over 2,000,000 illegal aliens during his presidency without anyone raising any concerns about due process or civil rights, etc.? I was actually shocked to learn that he had deported so many illegals. Were you? And I don't recall the injunctions by so many district judges during earlier presidential terms questioning how they ran their Executive Branch. So why now?
It's almost as if Obama followed the law and Trump didn't.
Except...
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/immigration-2/lost-in-detention/obama-official-defends-controversial-immigration-policies/
I don't see anything there about breaking the law. They are criticizing some of his policies.
Quote:
Secure Communities is a high-tech information-sharing program between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement. But critics, including three Democratic state governors, say the program is detaining and deporting low-level offenders or people without criminal records, contrary to the administration's stated goal [PDF] of deporting only "aliens who are convicted of a serious criminal offense." Muñoz addresses the criticism:
That's not illegal.
Please read the ACLU story from only 11 years ago, for your perusal;
Under today's removal system, only one quarter of all people facing expulsion get to present their case before an immigration judge. These judges, employed by the Justice Department, are experts in immigration law. They conduct formal court hearings where they hear live witnesses, review documentary evidence, and evaluate applications for immigration relief.
By contrast, nonjudicial removals are fast-track proceedings wholly controlled by the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), sometimes involving only a single border agent who acts as both judge and jury. Those facing nonjudicial removal have no lawyer and no chance to appeal.
The Obama administration has prioritized speed over fairness in the removal system, sacrificing individualized due process in the pursuit of record removal numbers.
A deportation system that herds 75 percent of people through fast-track, streamlined removal is a system devoid of fairness and individualized due process. Nonjudicial removals violate our constitutional tradition and cannot be reconciled with an administration that has repeatedly stated its commitment to immigration reform.
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