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Immigration questions for Markwayne Mullin

The Watch • 578 implied HN points • 18 Mar 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Deportation
  1. There are serious concerns about due process and oversight in immigration enforcement, including reports of detainees sent overseas, blocked access to lawyers, and denied congressional inspections.
  2. Enforcement tactics have become more militarized and risky—quotas, forceful raids, masked agents, window‑smashing, and shootings into vehicles raise safety and accountability questions.
  3. Policies and rhetoric look politically driven and discriminatory, from remigration and denaturalization proposals to cuts in refugee admissions and inflammatory statements about immigrant groups, threatening civil rights.

The Mother Deported Without Her Kids

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 1340 implied HN points • 22 Jan 26
📰 News Deportation
  1. A mother was deported back to Venezuela while her three young children (ages 5, 10, and 12) stayed behind in the U.S., even though officials had told her they would meet her at the airport.
  2. She repeatedly told guards and the immigration judge where her kids were and wrote down her cousin’s Dallas address, but the system still failed to reunite her with them before her flight.
  3. The children were left in the care of others and ultimately ended up with a Trump‑voting pastor who is now trying to get them home, highlighting the immediate human consequences of family separations.

"The courts are dead." An interview with a fired immigration judge

The Watch • 895 implied HN points • 08 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Deportation
  1. The immigration court system has been gutted: judges are being fired or bullied, DHS is pushing dismissals and arresting people in court, and a stacked appeals board plus new rules have all but erased fair hearings and due process.
  2. Some judges tried to resist by denying summary dismissals and protecting hearings, but immigration courts report to the DOJ, so judges lack independence and legal appeals are weakened, making court-based remedies unreliable.
  3. The answer has to be political and public, not just legal: raise awareness, pressure governors and Congress, support legal aid groups, and push back against the militarized, profit-driven tactics that are driving mass removals.

They Voted for Trump, Not for His Immigration Detention Center

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 92 implied HN points • 24 Feb 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Deportation
  1. When residents learned federal plans to convert a nearby warehouse into a huge immigration detention center, their political loyalty to the president broke down.
  2. Federal officials planned to buy a 798,000-square-foot warehouse and convert it into a facility with room for about 8,500 detainees as part of a broader mass deportation strategy.
  3. A reliably Republican community pushed back against the project, showing that direct local impacts can outweigh partisan loyalty.

It is not good enough to close the Southern Border (and Northern) to immigration for 10 years, NO, it must be closed immediately but every single illegal person last 30 years must be deported, if NO,

Alexander News Network -Dr. Paul Elias Alexander's substack • 1552 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Deportation
  1. Immediate closure of Southern and Northern borders for immigration is emphasized.
  2. Deportation of every illegal person from the last 30 years is suggested.
  3. Stricter rules for reentry into the US for individuals with criminal history are proposed.
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What to watch for: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on immigration and mass deportations

The Watch • 416 implied HN points • 20 Dec 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Deportation
  1. The Trump administration's immigration plan could cause a lot of harm, affecting not only undocumented immigrants but also their families and the U.S. economy. There’s a risk of mass deportations, which can create fear in communities.
  2. There are many challenges to implementing plans for mass deportation. Even though there are threats and promises, practical limitations like resources, laws, and the need for due process can make it very difficult to achieve the massive deportation numbers that have been proposed.
  3. Fear is a powerful tool used in immigration policy, impacting how people live their daily lives. Even without actual mass deportations, the threat alone can lead to many people feeling unsafe and acting differently, which can hurt communities and their social fabric.

Twelve Million Deportations

Thinking about... • 366 implied HN points • 20 Oct 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Deportation
  1. A plan to deport twelve million undocumented people would drastically change American society, leading to increased violence and a culture where people might betray their neighbors.
  2. This mass deportation would break up many families, impacting about twenty million people, and lead to children losing their parents.
  3. The attempt to deport so many people could create widespread fear and change the role of law enforcement, making it less about safety and more about targeting specific groups.

Reading, Watching 01.11.24

Unpopular Front • 21 implied HN points • 11 Jan 24
🌍 World Politics Deportation
  1. Investigative journalism uncovered a far-right party in Germany discussing a secret deportation plan with extreme right activists, including deporting citizens.
  2. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party in Germany hit a record high in polling at 23 percent.
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