Regardless of the circumstances, if you're not a US citizen I would encourage you to not travel to the US. Even if you _are_ a US citizen you may well be harassed and abused by ICE.
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Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
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Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
And yet neither has he been removed nor has he been granted access to a trial. I also like these parts: > Culleton testified that he did not sign the Notice nor did he write “I’m married to a citizen and have a work permit” on it. > Secore testified that he remembered serving the Notice on Culleton, but not watching Culleton sign it. > Secore also testified that the paperwork was riddled with mistaken dates because o…
> And yet neither has he been removed nor has he been granted access to a trial. What do you think that proves?
It proves that my tax dollars are wasted on whoever is running this sloppy process and the crappy private prison.
It’s one thing to not be bothered by constitutional violations, it’s a whole another thing to be ok with squandering our tax dollars.
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would I condemn people who were wiped by your ancestors? They were the locals, you’re just… temporary. You don’t even care for the land!
There is no single "the locals", every tribe represented a different polity. They warred with each other constantly and conquered and took over land all the time. There is no part of the continent that is held by the original human that arrived here first. Every part has been conquered and reconquered many times. The Europeans are just the latest conquerors. Except in the cases where they literally bought the land. W…
Sure. It still doesn’t change the fact that their ancestors performed a genocide on the natives.
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
If he had been found to be here illegally, they would not need him to voluntarily consent to being deported. I hope that's obvious.
I know it sounds crazy, but they do need his consent to being deported. Coming to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program means you waive any rights you have to claim asylum, etc. This guy admits he came here under Visa waiver, and that he overstayed his visa by years. But they still can’t deport him, because he’s raising new legal arguments based on being married to a US citizen.
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Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#115Increasingly this seems like a scam intended to re-route my tax dollars into the private prison corporations that donate to the Trump campaign. What purpose other purpose could this possibly serve?
An extremely charitable take. I commend you. It’s absolutely a scam intended to route our tax dollars to private prisons. The rest is theater. I bet the borders are still open to those who are motivated enough to cross.
Trump always brags about "Border Encounters" are 0 suspiciously quickly after he took office. I'm almost certain this is letting people in, while claiming it's secure. Win win.
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
If he had been found to be here illegally, they would not need him to voluntarily consent to being deported. I hope that's obvious.
I know it sounds crazy, but they do need his consent to being deported. Coming to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program means you waive any rights you have to claim asylum, etc. This guy admits he came here under Visa waiver, and that he overstayed his visa by years. But they still can’t deport him, because he’s raising new legal arguments based on being married to a US citizen.
Your version of events is not supported by the article. I think what you're calling "crazy" is due process itself.
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
A law cannot overturn the Constitution, you need an Amendment for that. In principle, anyway. If you have a Supreme Court that abdicates its duties then you can do whatever you want, at the cost of legitimacy.
According to Congress and blessed by Supreme Court, immigration law is civil, not criminal and therefore all criminal due process law does not apply. It's been that way for over 40 years so yes, according to Congress/SCOTUS, this is legal.
Due process protections also apply in civil law.
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#118Increasingly this seems like a scam intended to re-route my tax dollars into the private prison corporations that donate to the Trump campaign. What purpose other purpose could this possibly serve?
It's also a small step to just detain and deport anyone remotely eligible who criticizes those in power, criticizes those who support those in power, is a family member of one of the prior mentioned parties, or is not in the preferred range of skin tones for those in power. They already deported a few citizens, oops, that's just going to happen when they have deportation quotas to meet, and let that be a warning to the rest of the uppity citizens with the gumption to protest against them.
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know it sounds crazy, but they do need his consent to being deported. Coming to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program means you waive any rights you have to claim asylum, etc. This guy admits he came here under Visa waiver, and that he overstayed his visa by years. But they still can’t deport him, because he’s raising new legal arguments based on being married to a US citizen.
Your version of events is not supported by the article. I think what you're calling "crazy" is due process itself.
The article is describing facts that are the subject of public court proceedings in which the man has made admissions about the facts of what happened: https://www.universalhub.com/files/attachments/2026/culleton...
Re: Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
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There's no such thing as "coming to the US illegally" if you cross at a border checkpoint with a valid stamp or visa. There are only visa or stamp overstays, which is a civil matter. Your analogy to Australia is specious because the vast majority of people being rounded up and detained came here legally on a visa, and then stopped meeting the requirements of that visa. Australia's law is specific to people who bypass…
Australia's mandatory detention applies to people who enter on a visa and overstay their visa: https://humanrights.gov.au/resource-hub/by-resource-type/boo...
"Australian law requires the detention of all non-citizens who are in Australia without a valid visa (unlawful non-citizens). This means that immigration officials have no choice but to detain persons who arrive without a visa (unauthorised arrivals), or persons who arrive with a visa and subsequently become unlawful because their visa has expired or been cancelled (authorised arrivals). Australian law makes no distinction between the detention of adults and children."