People being detained and "exported" by ICE

[IzzyBlanche]

From link:

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, admitted in a court filing that immigration agents typically need warrants before arresting individuals. But it argued that Khalil was arrested without a warrant due to "exigent circumstances," alleging that agents believed the Columbia activist would "escape before they could obtain a warrant."

Khalil's lawyers denied that he had any plans to flee, saying in their own court filing that their client "fully complied" with the ICE agents' demands.

ICE agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, Trump administration confirms

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys are asking an immigration judge to terminate his deportation case.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[sapphire blue]

They had student visas, yes. Actions have consequences, their actions resulted in their visas being revoked.

What criminal actions did they commit, what court found them guilty of a crime?

Due process…

 

[keek]

They had student visas, yes. Actions have consequences, their actions resulted in their visas being revoked.

Were any from Ireland?

 

[Simply Southern]

It used to be funded. Trump has pulled the funding. It was a contract.


In the link I posted before (in the post you responded to) ....

the federal government refused to renew a contract that funds attorneys who help young migrant children who came to the United States alone or were separated from their parents go through the immigration process.

Trump admin hasn’t funded legal help for unaccompanied immigrant children despite judge’s order

Attorneys say the funding cutoff has caused chaos, with kids as young as 5 facing judges alone in immigration courts. Some are victims of sexual abuse and trafficking.

www.nbcnews.com

I did a little research. Congress funds legal aid as a lump sum. There's no line item in the budget for immigration legal aid.

The law clearly states no one it's entitled to government funded legal representation in a civil case. I posted it above, under deportation.

Moo

 

[sapphire blue]

Were any from Ireland?

Or from Australia, the uk?

 

[Sillybilly]

Step two....Terrorist falls under the Alien ACT ....."any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated". It does not need to be a country.

<rsbm>

That sentence has to be read in entirety, and yes it does need to be perpetrated ... by a foreign nation or government.

"or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government"

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Don loses in court again.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-blocks-trump-withholding-funds-16-sanctuary-cities-counties-2025-04-24/

 

[Simply Southern]

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That sentence has to be read in entirety, and yes it does need to be perpetrated ... by a foreign nation or government.

"or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government"

Thanks, my bad, doesn't make sense otherwise.

Correct it applies to foreign nations (non US citizen), cartels would fall under or a government.

 

[Lilibet]

Thanks, my bad, doesn't make sense otherwise.

Correct it applies to foreign nations (non US citizen), cartels would fall under or a government.

A cartel is a business term. It is not a nation or government.

Trump has tried to justify using the Enemy Aliens Act by saying the government of Venezuela is sending the TDA gang here, but it’s not true.

US intelligence says Venezuela is not directing a gang invasion into America

National Intelligence Council finds that South American nation isn’t directing an invasion into US

www.independent.co.uk

President Donald Trump has long claimed that South American governments are sending violent gang members to the U.S. as ajustification for his mass deportation efforts. But U.S. intelligence has found that that isn’t the case.

The National Intelligence Council, using findings from the 18 intelligence agencies, found in a secret assessment earlier this month that the Venezuelan government isn’t sending members of the prison gang Tren de Aragua to the U.S., according to The Washington Post.

 

[branmuffin]

Thanks, my bad, doesn't make sense otherwise.

Correct it applies to foreign nations (non US citizen), cartels would fall under or a government.

Cartels are criminal organizations. Cartels, human trafficking, importation of illegal or counterfeit merchandise are all illegal. How are these things related to a country's government to apply the Alien Enemy Act?

 

[TheTeach]

Disappearances Amid Immigration Stops and Profiling

By Ernesto Castañeda

theimmigrationlab.org

"Julio Enrique Zambrano Pérez, born in June 2000, was detained on January 29, 2025, during his check-in appointment at the ICE office in North Carolina."

Informed his wife they were holding ..."him in detention because of a tattoo on his hand with his name and a generic crown —He got the tattoo when he was only 15." Tattoo? Gang member

"His wife, sister, mom, and people from Davidson, North Carolina, affirm that he is not a member of the Tren de Aragua, nor has he committed any crimes. He is in the United States with authorization and has a work permit." Had gone through legal channels

"He had his first court appearance on February 26 when he was denied being released on bail. His second daughter was born while he was under ICE detention. His next immigration court appointment was set for March 26, 2025. Friends, neighbors, and people from the daughter's school wrote letters about him being a good, upstanding person working in the U.S. with a work permit so he could present them at the hearing. But now, it will be unlikely to take place — and not because Julio would skip or refuse to attend the hearing." Denied due process

"He called his family on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 8 am, letting them know that he had heard they would remove him from the country by plane that day. For six days, we could not find him in the detention databases anymore"

"On late Thursday, March 20, Julio Zambrano Perez appeared on the list of people deported to El Salvador,"

Sent off to El Salvador CEDOT, the prison for the "worst of the worst" dangerous criminals........for what crime? MOO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

MSN

The Independent

Trump hits thousands with surprise deportation notice email – including US citizens​

Timothy J. Brenner, a Connecticut-born lawyer in Houston, was told April 11 to leave the US. He said: “I became concerned that the administration has a list of immigration attorneys or a database that they’re trying to target to harass.”

 

[SouthAussie]

I did a little research. Congress funds legal aid as a lump sum. There's no line item in the budget for immigration legal aid.

The law clearly states no one it's entitled to government funded legal representation in a civil case. I posted it above, under deportation.

Moo

It is important to digest all of the below also. The Govt ended the funding contract "for their convenience".

Not helping these young children with their legalities really is cruel and inhuman treatment. imo


A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.

The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provides legal services for unaccompanied migrant children under 18 through a network of legal aid groups that subcontract with the center.

Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

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A federal judge recently ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore the contract, but funding still isn’t flowing to legal providers, who continue to face difficult decisions about how to move forward.

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'

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A copy of the termination letter obtained by The Associated Press said the contract was being terminated “for the Government’s convenience.”

Michael Lukens, one of the providers ..... “We’re trying to pull every lever but we have to be prepared for the worst, which is children going to court without attorneys all over the country. This is a complete collapse of the system,” he said.

Trump administration cuts legal help for migrant children traveling alone

 

[Charlot123]

But that's just ignorance of the immigration process and the law. People don't have to have a visa to be here legally. That's the whole point of asylum and refugee status. But without due process, explanations like the above are what we get. SMH.

Six ways to legally enter the US and possibly obtain a green card

There are many ways to enter the U.S. legally and obtain a visa or a residency card. Here are six of them.

abc7news.com

Exactly.

After each major conflict people come to the US as refugees. I had to go back to 1975 to check the status of "the boat people from Vietnam." They came as refugees.

Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States

The more than 1.3 million Vietnamese immigrants in the United States are the result of nearly 50 years of migration that began with the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. While early generations of Vietnamese immigrants tended to arrive as refugees, the vast majority of recent green-card holders...

www.migrationpolicy.org

We had refugees from Cuba, Korea, Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, you name it. There are so many migration and resettlement acts.

Many Americans living here nowadays, some of them even accepting "not my problem" stance today, have ancestors who came as refugees or asylum-seekers and had shaky statuses before they got legalized.

It is democracy. It is also the way to protect the people who have been US friends, in many countries.

 

[SouthAussie]

"President Donald Trump‘s immigration policies could worsen Social Security’s existing funding shortfall by approximately 11%, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The Social Security program, already projected to have funds to pay only about 83% of benefits by 2035, faces additional pressure as the administration’s mass deportation efforts target workers who contribute significantly to the system’s finances.

“Immigrants are more likely to be of working age and have higher rates of labor force participation compared to U.S.-born individuals,” the report notes. Without immigrants and their U.S.-born children, America’s prime working-age population would have declined by over 8 million people between 2000 and 2023.

Even undocumented immigrants contribute substantially, paying an estimated $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in 2022 despite rarely becoming eligible for benefits themselves."

Trump's Deportation Policies Could Worsen Social Security's Funding Shortfall by 11%, Warns New Report

The Trump administration's immigration policies could weaken Social Security's financial health without changing any laws, threatening a program that millions of Americans rely on for retirement security.

www.benzinga.com

 

[SouthAussie]

"Costa Rican authorities this week said they would make it possible for dozens of migrants deported from the United States to legally stay in the country — or leave if they so choose to.

“If the person has a well-founded fear of returning to their country, we will never send them back,” he added. “We will protect them.”

In February, 200 migrants from countries including China, Iran, Russia and Afghanistan arrived in Costa Rica from the United States as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.

About 80 migrants remain at the holding center, mostly families with children, Badilla said. The rest have already returned to their countries of origin, he said."

https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/costa-rica-tells-trump-deportees-they-can-stay-and-integrate-or-leave

 

[TootsieFootsie]

“If the person has a well-founded fear of returning to their country, we will never send them back,” he added. “We will protect them.”

What a kind and decent offer.

 

[SouthAussie]

What a kind and decent offer.

Costa Rica is one of the countries where US retirees go to live, and where US people buy vacation homes. I see it a fair bit on a lifestyle channel I watch. It is warm, friendly, and has a low cost of living, comparatively.

imo

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Campus communities rally around international students threatened by ICE

Faculty and classmates are stepping up to protect the close to 1,400 foreign students who have had their names taken off the international tracking system by the Trump administration, including new safety measures on campus as well as coordinated legal efforts. Campus communities have created...

au.news.yahoo.com

The Hill

Campus communities rally around international students threatened by ICE​

Faculty and classmates are stepping up to protect the close to 1,400 foreign students who have had their names taken off the international tracking system by the Trump administration, including new safety measures on campus as well as coordinated legal efforts.

Campus communities have created buddy systems for international students, started GoFundMe pages for those arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and held seminars so students know their rights and what to do if approached by federal officials

 

[LibraStarr]

I don’t think people fully understand what it’s like to be an American citizen with brown skin right now. I was born here. I pay taxes. I’ve lived and worked in this country my whole life. But because of how I look, because of my skin color and because I have tattoos... I live with the fear that one day, I could be stopped, questioned, detained, and forced to prove I belong here.

That’s not paranoia. That’s reality.

Without strong protections for due process, people like me can be detained. Have been detained. Sometimes for hours, sometimes for days. If you can’t produce proof of citizenship fast enough or if someone just decides you “look illegal”, your entire life can be turned upside down.

This is why due process matters. It’s not just about abstract legal principles. It’s about real people. American citizens. Living in fear of being treated like we don’t belong in our own country.