Mass Deportation and Immigration Catch-All | CIA using drones to spy on Mexican drug cartels

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The rate of these questionable orders is so high that SCOTUS wouldn't be able to take them all up even if they wanted to. That might turn out to be a good thing.
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True. So far, though, they have been so obviously illegal that it doesn't really matter whether SCOTUS addresses them or not. I can't see the birthright citizenship order getting more than Alito and Thomas' votes, and it could be unanimous. This teacher talk order also constitutes not only content-discrimination but viewpoint discrimination, and would be subject to a strict scrutiny that it could not withstand, not even close.

One thing to remember is that we get to control the venues now. The right-wingers took their bullshit lawsuits to the Fifth because that was the only place they would be given the time of day (well, the 8th has become pretty fucking bad as well). When liberals challenge orders, they will go to the 9th, the 2nd or DC.
 


A reminder that a major goal of the immigrant bluster by Homan and Trump and others is to induce “self-deportation”.
 


"A longtime immigration enforcement official has been tapped to run the agency responsible for managing unaccompanied migrant children, in a move that has alarmed experts and advocates who are concerned that information about children and their families will be shared for arrests and deportations.

For the past two decades, an office within the Department of Health and Human Services has supervised children who cross the border without a parent or legal guardian. The government handed this duty to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, not its immigration enforcement agency, underscoring that the process shouldn’t be punitive but instead is meant to help safely place children with sponsors living in the United States.

That wall eroded during President Donald Trump’s first administration, when the ORR began to share identifying information about unaccompanied children and their potential sponsors with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, presaging a wave of arrests. Congress put limits on this sharing and President Joe Biden stopped the practice — but a new hire in Trump’s second administration has advocates and experts worried the separation between the agencies is once again breaking down.

Mellissa Harper, a veteran immigration enforcement officer at ICE, has been tapped to lead the ORR, according to three current and former government officials, and oversee the care of unaccompanied migrant children. The officials requested anonymity to discuss government operations. Her position is a federal detail, according to a federal employee directory, which allows career government employees to transfer between agencies for temporary roles.

This appears to be the first time an ICE official has been hired to lead the refugee resettlement office, former administration officials told ProPublica. Harper’s experience mostly comprises immigration enforcement. A former ICE official said Harper has a good reputation inside the agency and expertise dealing with issues involving minors across the government. ..."
 

Trump administration seeking access to database of immigrant minors​

The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of ICE.


“The Trump administration is seeking to grant U.S. immigration officers access to databases that contain the information on hundreds of thousands of immigrant teens and children who crossed into the United States without their parents, White House border czar Tom Homan told The Washington Post in an interview Friday.

… A similar effort during President Donald Trump’s first term drew swift outrage from civil-liberties groups who said it forced children to stay in federal custody longer, and led to the arrests of immigrant adults who had no criminal histories.

Homan said he would not rule out the use of the data for enforcement purposes in the future, but said the main focus of the information sharing is to verify that the children, who had been released from ORR custody in the past few years, were safe.

“This is about finding the kids,” Homan said. “The data won’t be used for enforcement work.”

The Trump administration has installed Mellissa Harper, a career ICE official, to run ORR, according to a former U.S. official with knowledge of the appointment, which was first reported by ProPublica on Friday. …”
 

Pentagon plans to start migrant flights to Guantanamo this weekend​

This would make good on the president’s promise to use the base as a detainment facility.


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The military has flown eight flights so far — including four to Guatemala, three to Honduras and one to Ecuador — all using military aircraft. But this is the first time migrants would head to the base in Cuba, which presents a unique set of legal and logistical challenges.
Trump issued an executive order Wednesday that instructs the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department to use the base for migrants. Defense officials have been scramblingsince to come up with a plan to house up to 30,000 people, far more than the 780 detainees who stayed in a base detention camp during the peak of the war on terror.

This gives the military another costly, short-notice mission as officials also seek to meet a separate Trump order for more troops at the southern border. …”

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"Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal"

I guess Nixon didn’t have nearly enough imagination about what that could mean for his own power and resisting the Watergate investigation… but it seems Trump and John Roberts did.
 

Venezuela Agrees to Accept Migrants in Deal Paving Way for Deportations, Trump Says​

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have fled the country’s economic conditions and repression in recent years​



“… The deal was negotiated with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by Trump adviser Richard Grenell, who made a rare visit by a U.S. official to the capital, Caracas, on Friday. Grenell returned to the U.S. Friday evening with six Americans who had been detained in Venezuelan prisons.

… The agreement will help Trump deliver on a campaign promise to deport millions of immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization. Accepting deportees is a reversal for Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro who has long refused to allow deportation planes from the U.S., where more than 600,000 Venezuelans had migrated in recent years and received special protected status allowing them to work temporarily.

… Earlier this week, the Trump administration revoked a Biden-era decision that extended this status, meaning Venezuelans could be eligible for deportation as soon as April.

No financial or other concessions were promised to Maduro, apart from the prospect of improving the relationship with the U.S., Grenell said. …”

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A lot of these people were fleeing Maduro, who by the way retained power in an effective coup after losing the last election — returning some of them to Maduro may well be signing their death warrants at the hands of the Maduro regime, but we may never know for sure as no doubt enemies of Maduro will be labeled as Tren de Aragua before being disappeared…

So the Trump Administration is doing business with an anti democratic left wing authoritarian and legitimizing his illegitimate retention of power.
 
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“… Grenell’s visit helps Maduro claim legitimacy, even as most governments in the region don’t recognize him and he faces U.S. federal indictments on charges of drug trafficking and corruption. His office heavily publicized the meeting with Grenell, releasing photos of them shaking hands and smiling.

Around eight million Venezuelans have fled the country’s economic turmoil and political repression in recent years. …”
 
nycfan said:

Venezuela Agrees to Accept Migrants in Deal Paving Way for Deportations, Trump Says​

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have fled the country’s economic conditions and repression in recent years​



“… The deal was negotiated with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by Trump adviser Richard Grenell, who made a rare visit by a U.S. official to the capital, Caracas, on Friday. Grenell returned to the U.S. Friday evening with six Americans who had been detained in Venezuelan prisons.

… The agreement will help Trump deliver on a campaign promise to deport millions of immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization. Accepting deportees is a reversal for Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro who has long refused to allow deportation planes from the U.S., where more than 600,000 Venezuelans had migrated in recent years and received special protected status allowing them to work temporarily.

… Earlier this week, the Trump administration revoked a Biden-era decision that extended this status, meaning Venezuelans could be eligible for deportation as soon as April.

No financial or other concessions were promised to Maduro, apart from the prospect of improving the relationship with the U.S., Grenell said. …”

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A lot of these people were fleeing Maduro, who by the way retained power in an effective coup after losing the last election — returning some of them to Maduro may well be signing their death warrants at the hands of the Maduro regime, but we may never know for sure as no doubt enemies of Maduro will be labeled as Tren de Aragua before being disappeared…

So the Trump Administration is doing business with an anti democratic left wing authoritarian and legitimizing his illegitimate retention of power.
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I bet the American citizens of Venezuelan heritage didn’t expect Trump to cooperate with a leftist dictator like Maduro or to ship their Venezuelan cousins back into Maduro’s hands.

FAFO.
 
Considering border crossings are reportedly down 93% since Trump took office, hopefully all this becomes less and less of a problem as time passes. I see where Mexico has agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to the border since Trump threatened sanctions. Thank you, President Trump. Canada will be next. Now, on to trying to clean up the complete disaster created by Biden and his crew.

I think this proves without a doubt which administration wants to stop illegal immigration, and which administration actually encouraged it, and as much of it as they could get. Not a single new immigration law passed by Congress but yet to two T-TOTALLY different approaches and two totally different outcomes....one, don't come....the other.... come one, come all, and as fast as you can get here.

Down 93% in two weeks huh?
 
Zoo_View said:
I bet the American citizens of Venezuelan heritage didn’t expect Trump to cooperate with a leftist dictator like Maduro or to ship their Venezuelan cousins back into Maduro’s hands.

FAFO.
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This isn’t just a trump thing. Just about every president has done business with various dictators. Don’t act like this is something new.
 
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