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The Minister of Internal Security, Kristi NoEM, dresses up as an agent of the immigration and customs authority (ICE) and judges a rifle On the head of a real agent. In the meantime, the reigning ICE director is planning Todd Lyonshow he can transform the US immigration control system into a deportation company in the style of Amazon.
According to a report From AZ Mirror Wednesday,, Lyons spoke to the audience during a speech at this year’s Border Security Expo in Phoenix. He said that “we have to get better in treating this like a business”.
“How [Amazon] Prime, but with people, ”added Lyons. He went closer to his vision:“ We have to buy more beds. We need more flights. And I know that many of them are here. ”
Use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA)
It should not be surprising that President Donald Trump and his top immigration officers want to increase and accelerate the number of deportations. In the first months of his presidency, Trump tested various options to bypass applicable immigration laws and deportation procedures, including through the attempted use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). A law from the 18th century that allows the president to arrest and deport non-citizens citizens in times of war, “invasion or predatory attacks”.
For weeks, the Trump government has been in a bitter legal dispute over the deportation of over 200 Venezuelan and Salvadorian immigrants in prisons to accuse human rights violations in El Salvador. The government argues that the deportations are not only legal according to the Alien Enemies Act. But that they are also not authorized to return the deported without a proper procedure. Because they are now in the care of a third party: El Salvador.
The government Has admittedly admittedthat at least one of the men has disappeared in a foreign prison system – Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Sent there due to an “administrative error”. And report several media According to the vast majority of the persons cleverly sent to El Salvador, the vast majority were not a criminal record.
Contest deportation
Early this week the Supreme Court blocked the enforcement a judgment of a lower court that the Trump government proves to bring Abrego Garcia back to US floor. However, the government asked to properly notify future deporters as part of the AEA. And give them the opportunity to contest their deportation in front of a federal court.
On Wednesday Prevented a judge in Texas, who was appointed by Trump that the government The AEA uses to deport several Venezuelan migrants who are currently in custody. “The Supreme Court has determined that people who are detained according to the Alien Enemies Act must be informed that they can be deported according to the law”. And the notification must be made within a reasonable period of time and in a way that enables them to actually apply for an adhesive test at the responsible location before such deportation takes place “. The judge at the Fernando Rodriguez Jr. district court wrote this in his decision.
Therefore “the court determines in the present matter that the deportation [der Männer] Or another person who is subject to the proclamation would harm the deported persons through the United States an immediate and irreparable damage. ”
No fair procedure
It is unclear how the dishes will ultimately solve the problem. But in the meantime, the migrants who are detained without an appeal are in a legal state of floating. Which questions the foundations of the rights to a proper procedure.
Trump’s ICE director seems to believe that migrants do not earn a fair procedure. But are a package of Amazon.