While the Justice Department continues its attempt to persuade judges that it is working to comply with their orders, the White House is asking why due process for immigrants is necessary at all, reports Luke Broadwater of The New York Times.
"We’re getting them out, and a judge can’t say, ‘No, you have to have a trial,’" President Donald Trump said Tuesday in the Oval Office. Legal experts are alarmed at the implications, Broadwater notes.
"The right to due process is not a luxury, but one of our nation’s foundational principles, separating us from authoritarian regimes where someone can be picked up off the streets and never heard from again," said Lee Gelernt, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The White House’s immigration crackdown could also affect American citizens, analyzes Brittany Gibson at Axios.
Gibson breaks down three separate tactics the administration has discussed that would impede on Americans’ rights. These include sending convicted criminals born in America to prisons abroad, punishing critics of the administration and ignoring court orders.
Some citizens already have been caught up in immigration enforcement efforts. One, Jose Hermosillo of New Mexico, was detained for close to 10 days, Raymond G. Lahoud writes in the National Law Review.
We can talk about security and immigration without compromising the other values we cherish. That’s the foundation of our new "Security and ... " campaign, and today at 2 Eastern we're hosting a "Security and Compassion" webinar with Galen Carey of the National Association of Evangelicals, Melissa Shepard of We Choose Welcome, and Michael DeBruhl, former Border Patrol agent and migrant-shelter director and current Forum Fellow.
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STUDENT VISAS — International students whose visas have been revoked are gathering a collection of wins in court, reports Kate Brumback of the Associated Press. Judges in states such as New Hampshire, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin have awarded temporary restraining orders after students challenged their revocations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that visa revocations were targeting people "acting counter to national interests," many students are unsure why they're being targeted.
ADS — The United States has spent at least $500,000 on targeted YouTube ads threatening undocumented immigrants with deportation, reports Anna Lagos of Wired. According to data from Google Ads Transparency Center, the ads’ geographic focus is "established migrant communities, rather than border areas," Lagos notes. In Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum is working to ban recent ads from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on local TV, reports Michael Rios of CNN. On Tuesday, Sheinbaum presented reforms that would prohibit other countries airing "political and ideological propaganda" in Mexico.
TERMINATED CONTRACT — A senior Department of Homeland Security official confirmed the termination of a $3.8 billion contract to use Fort Bliss in Texas as a detention facility, while leaving a door open to future use, report Julia Ainsley and Laura Strickler of NBC News. Congress currently funds detention space for 41,500 detainees, but current data shows that 47,928 immigrants are being held in detention facilities, Ainsley and Strickler note.
LOCAL SUPPORT — Community leaders in North Las Vegas offered a unifying message as they opened a new resource center for newcomers, reports Karla Salinas of Fox 5. The center’s numerous services include "health care, legal workshops, ESL classes and mental health support."
P.S. Tymofii Shamota, a Ukrainian refugee, recounts escaping Russia and resettling in America, where he was recently accepted into the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, Amanda Sullender of The Spokesman-Review reports.
