I know a little about this story. I read about it Sunday or Monday which also means I read it on a foreign news web site. My gut tells me it was
BBC.
A few thoughts:
- People are stopped and questioned all the time. That has to be considered.
- I remember he claimed they knew who he was. Maybe.
- I remember him commenting about how well he was treated.
One thing about the article I found interesting was they referred to him as "Pro-Gaza." It's a new descriptor I found a bit odd. I don't think it's arguable that both Palestinians and Israelite's want Gaza to be successful and peaceful.
A state law that prohibits a federal law enforcement officer from entering a government building. That makes no sense, at all. Has the DOJ brought a case?
You are touching on something. Administrative warrants don't allow them to enter private places: public or government are lawful.
Think about this for a second. Hypothetical, right? Here's Julio. He's here illegally. ICE agents know this and there is an order of removal because he's been through his due process with immigration officials. He sees an ICE agent...and runs in the courthouse to hide.
It's pretty easy to see the absurdity there.
To top that off, people are wondering why these agents are "hiding?"
Here's where you've lost me. It's a hypothetical example that goes against what you just mentioned: administrative. They can't just walk in and snatch Grandma up. If she steps out of the house everything goes back to square one: she's here illegally.
I'd wager when things like this happen others are being swept up as the result of being with someone that needs removal. IE: One of the raids they conducted on a night club recently.
Continuing with your scenario.
Abuela gets swept up. She meets an immigration official. Let's say there's two answers she has to being in the States.
- She was part of a Christian relief effort in El Savador that's been persecuted.
- She is from Bolivia and they came here and stayed.
She probably gets deported in one situation, stays in the other. But, the point is meeting with that immigration official is the process she's due.
What's crazy here is Abuela could have entered the country legally, met with an immigration official and told them they were planning on becoming citizens and working...and she'd never been in that place, in the first place.
As citizens, are we not due immigrants following the process?
It was a presser with Stephen Miller where that first came up, right? I remember it hitting the news cycle for a 24 hour stretch or so. I don't recall reading about it the last few days. That leads me to believe it was more of a troll. We've seen "a few" of those the last few months.
On that subject and whether I agree or disagree. It's an interesting subject considering the sheer volume of people allowed in the last four years. Since I considered it a troll I really haven't thought much about the subject.
I'll muse for a second ...
How long would it take for the illegal immigrants that entered the country on one day to stand before a judge? We had day where there were over 10K.
If we split that into Monday through Friday, on Monday they'd need to see 2000 people. A judge seeing 100 a day...it would take five months to see one day's worth of illegal immigrants.
Let's exercise some logic here...a judge versus an immigration official. Which would be more efficient?
If we go "judge" that automatically means one of two things. Either the court system in its current state is slowed to a snails pace. Or, if we end up with a larger government/judicial system.
Here's what I find
rich. Where did this start? It started with judges making rulings hampering the federal government from deporting illegal aliens. What makes it especially rich is these judges, granted federal, are over a district and are implementing rulings effecting the nation. Not only are they over stepping their jurisdiction, they are circumventing government officials from upholding the Constitution by deporting illegal aliens.
Now, if I understand you correctly, people are upset at the suggestion of suspending habeus corpus because it's unconstitutional while it's a suggestion in reaction to rulings are are unconstitutional?