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Newly seated Justice Brett Kavanaugh spoke up Wednesday in defense of the Trump administrations view that legal immigrants with criminal records must be arrested and held for deportation, even years after they were convicted and completed their sentences.
At issue is a federal law that calls for mandatory detention and possible deportation for criminal aliens, including legal immigrants convicted of crimes ranging from violent felonies to simple drug possession. The law says the Homeland Security secretary shall take into custody any alien with a criminal record that could lead to deportation when the alien is released.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-jail-immigrants-20181010-story.html
The debate focuses on when, exactly, is when.
In a class-action suit brought in California, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union complained the mandatory detention policy has been applied to lawful immigrants who had lived and worked in the community for decades after being convicted of misdemeanors such as drug possession charges.
Mike Nelson
(9,977 posts)
how about criminal Supreme Court Justices? I think they should be deported!
elleng
(131,253 posts)'The justices sounded closely split along ideological lines during the argument in Nielsen vs Preap. However, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch questioned whether federal agents can arrest immigrants decades after they have been released. Could be it 30 years? Is there any limit on the governments power? he asked an administration lawyer.
Last year, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the mandatory detention rule does not apply to immigrants who were not taken into federal custody promptly after their release. The decision did not shield noncitizens with past crimes from being arrested or deported, but it said they could seek release on bond if the judge found they were not a danger to the public or likely to flee.'
MiniMe
(21,722 posts)Can we deport Donald? He has committed several crimes. And didn't his father commit several crimes? Would that make the Donald NOT a citizen?