Subject: Re: Government deported a U.S. citizen with no process
This is contradictory. We don't do mass trials but we also don't have Perry Mason signed up to defend every single person we deport. So which is it? Who gets Perry Mason and who gets a Starbucks gift card to spend at the bus terminal? This was Miller's point: What percentage of the 10,000,000 or so are going to get more than what they're already getting?

That's a false binary. In criminal courts, we don't give everyone Perry Mason. We do give every single person a trial and a lawyer. It's a simple matter to give every person we're going to try to deport who isn't dangerous the bare minimum of time necessary to see whether they have a request for a judge that can be granted. To consult with their attorney and their family members. Instead of getting into a race to get them out of the country as fast as possible, to intentionally deny them the ability to file even a single request with a judge on their case.

The husband didn't show up. That's on him. And why didn't they discuss this beforehand? Why is there no accountability for them in all this? They're in the situation because of the choices they made however many years ago; why was this scenario never brought up?

Probably because they had been given an ICE determination that allowed her to remain in the country as long as she conducted her regular check ins with ICE, and they probably believed the Administration when they claimed they would be prioritizing the deportation of "bad guys." They probably didn't believe that any U.S. government Administration would do stuff like this.

No, it's because of the RELENTLESS campaign of the democrats/media (there's no difference) to try to find "personal stories" and conflate them with the entire effort.

But the "personal stories" matter. The reason we give everyone a fair trial, even though the vast majority of the people who are being tried are guilty, is because it's very important that we have as few "personal stories" of people being wrongfully imprisoned as possible. The reason why everyone gets to have a hearing before a judge before being deported, even though most people who are getting that hearing are going to be deported, is because it's important that we have as few "personal stories" of U.S. citizens being slated for deportation.

The reason the Administration is losing popularity on this issue is because they're framing it as a "hard choice" - we have to choose between real immigration enforcement or avoiding the personal stories. But that's not true. You can have both. You can have a stricter immigration system and avoid circumstances where you're doing this sort of horrible thing to an ordinary housewife and mother. And most Americans know that - they know that it wasn't necessary to do this to this woman this way.