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Coleman Rogers's avatar

My ResistBot letter for Feb 9: A Fifth Circuit ruling just turned deportation into mass incarceration. Congress must act now to stop indefinite detention without bond. Use this link to send letters to your members of Congress.

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Lance Khrome's avatar

OK, the 2-1 5th CA decision covers only TX, LA, and MS, so not only immigrants living in those three states, but all who are sent on the transports to concentration camps are also *presumably* deprived of the right to post bond and challenge on habeas grounds. But, if the immigrants who were snatched out of jurisdictions that still recognize right to post bond, can't their legal reps still file, and have courts order their clients returned to resume processes to gain hearings? Wasn't that the case for Liam Ramos and his father?

Confusion reigns, which, of course, is the objective, as Stephen Miller maniacally presses for his frenzied demands for "3000/day" arrests.

Mary's avatar
1dEdited

they are not deporting just illegal immigrants, they are deporting people legally in the immigration system. in other words, deprting people for following the laws!

Don Coolidge's avatar

Kudos for the link to Sir Ian McKellen's speech, The Stranger's Case, from the play Thomas More, which Shakespeare himself contributed to, including the speech. It's a remarkable speech on its own, and at the same time sadly far too appropriate today. And of course, Sir Ian's presentation of it was deep, powerful, and masterfully portrayed.

I sent a link to it to an Australian friend, who in turn forwarded it to several of his associates in Sydney's Bell Shakespeare Company (he and his wife are sponsor/producers). They, in turn, were most thankful - one said that the speech gave her goosebumps, and she deals with Shakespeare every day.

Everybody in this country should see and hear it.

Mary's avatar

Totally

I missed it the first read through but the speech, and the text to make the unfamiliar words more easily absorbed, is just great.

Mary's avatar

Great Link, and easier to follow with the text of Shakespeare's words. Thank You!

Manqueman's avatar

Not defend the 5th circuit but maaayybe a factor with SCOTUS that is reported approximately never is at play with the ruling discussed at the top of the post. That is, SCOTUS, and the 5th circuit here, has no enforcement mechanism. It relies on rulings being obeyed. Get a lawless thug like Trump involved and get him ignoring orders en masses as David notes and there’s a problem, a big one, actual decisions notwithstanding. (Historically, that problem is why Brown v Bd of Ed got a near immediate follow up—Southern states, practically speaking, told SCOTUS to f*** itself.)

Victoria Brown's avatar

Of course they went to

the 5th circuit court!

This is Trump's court. I

think they've only ruled

once against, in the last

18 months, on any

Trump friendly filing. I

swear Jude Ho and Alito

are twins.

EPA! Where I live, down

here in the south, we've

had 3

HAZARDOUS

BREATHING WARNINGS

for my area, over the last

month. It's all from

'particulate' matter. Tell

me this stuff isn't

damaging our planet.

Jim Galloway's avatar

Edith Jones of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is a notorious far right wing activist.