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1. I was saying I don't trust Trump about anything, not about this.It's sad that you JCD such unnecessary (and illegal) detentions.
Again, even Canada saw the issue...
It's a question of interpretation?
I don't think Trump said anything related to the situation.
2. Whether or not the woman was in the US legally, there was no fucking reason to detain her. She had her trip home -- just let her leave. Why should she be thrown in a cell for three weeks?
3. I didn't see any interpretive rule either. And interpretive rules are not laws.
4. Too bad for CBP that Chevron got overturned. Its interpretations of law are no longer afforded deference, and laws should be interpreted per their ordinary meanings.
At best, you could say that CBP was asserting a principle with a shaky foundation. At best. The most natural reading of the language goes the other way. Here's the regulation
"A nonimmigrant in the United States in a class defined in section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Act as a temporary visitor for pleasure, or section 101(a)(15)(C) of the Act as an alien in transit through this country, may not engage in any employment."
Would you call "cleaning up the house when staying there" employment? I would not. I don't think anyone would. I certainly have never seen a definition of employment anywhere else in the law to refer to an informal situation where a person provides services to another person free of charge and not on a regular basis.
That's the regulation. You can believe the liars at CBP, or you can believe what you read.