Saving people's lives is not a crime

Back in the courtroom At attorney Prada’s request the judge froze Reyes Mota’s #asylum case for the time being. That way, he could eventually take it up again. That is, if he is ever able to return to the #UnitedStates.

“We can agree that there was no removal order from this court or another court,” the judge said, noting that there was very little he could do.

He has no tattoos & his family members deny he has any gang ties. Had Reyes Mota still been in the #US, his #asylum hearing would have been a commonplace matter. But his absence showcases the remarkable nature of the #Venezuelans’ #deportation to #ElSalvador. As attys argue the flights were unlawful & violated a federal judge’s order, the #immigration court is navigating the case of an asylum seeker w/pending immigration proceedings whom #Trump flew to another country w/o #DueProcess.

@uc Well, I have thought that as well, if the U.S. federal government is going to break all the U.S. departments and agencies that actually do anything for the people, and/or threaten governors and legislators in those state, why should the states do anything for the federal government? But beyond that, I would not be terribly shocked if some states, especially those adjacent to #Canada, get the bright idea to secede and ask to join Canada. To do that, they would have to adopt a "you're with us or you're out" mentality, because there will be Nazis and other #Trump supporters in every state, and they will need to be shown the same level of respect that Trump gives to immigrants he doesn't like: Either self-deport from the state, or we'll forcibly deport you and your family, and you might not like where we send you. If you leave voluntarily you can take your car(s) and as many possession as you can haul out (or arrange to have shipped out), and maybe make a life for yourself in a red state. We'll even escort you to the state line if we have to. Obviously this is not an ideal situation but at that point the states that want to secede will essentially be at war with the U.S. federal government.

I could see that scenario play out in a whole bunch of ways, some of which might have dire outcomes, but others that might result in Canada adding a considerable amount of territory *and the manufacturing capability within that territory*. For example, if Michigan were to secede, there are already facilities there that could easily start making tanks and similar equipment that Canada could use in any war against the #USA. If Washington state were to secede, there are facilities there that could start cranking out fighter aircraft (whether they would not suddenly fall out of the sky is another matter, though). And if, by some chance, New York State were to secede (which I think highly unlikely, but let's go with it for a moment), well that is the financial and communications capital of North America (formerly the world).

If you had asked me a couple of years ago if anything like that were possible I would have said "never in a million years", but as we have seen things that we would have never thought possible in the USA have been occurring with frightening speed. And I suspect that right now there are a whole lot of Americans that would much rather be Canadians, particularly if they didn't have to move to a new location. But we will see how this all plays out.

(One question, will there ever come a time when Canada recognizes US citizens as #asylum seekers? There are many Americans that would be too old, too young, or have too little in income or assets to easily qualify under current immigration law. But they might still want to serve Canada in some way if there is ever an actual war with the USA. Just something to think about)

"America cannot be a country where we just willy-nilly pull people off the streets because they have a real Madrid tattoo and we send them to the worst conditions imaginable in another country with no recourse."

~ Tim Miller

But it is, Tim: America now is that kind of country. Some 77 million of us eagerly voted to turn it into that kind of country.

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Venezuelans #LawandOrder #asylum #LGBTQ #tattoos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iNQwfptvyA&t=1s

"These are not the tattoos of somebody who is involved with gangs. These are normal tattoos that you would see on anybody at a coffee shop anywhere in the United States or Venezuela."

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Venezuelans #LawandOrder #asylum #LGBTQ #tattoos
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"We feel it's important to let the world know who Andry, our client is, because he is a human being He is a young professional from Venezuela. He's a makeup artist. He is a gay man. He is someone who came to the United States seeking protection. He came seeking asylum."

~ Lindsay Toczylowski

#Trump #ICE #immigrants #Venezuelans #LawandOrder #asylum #LGBTQ #tattoos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iNQwfptvyA

#RachelMaddow just interviewed Lindsay Toczylowski, #immigration atty for one of the *deported* individuals being held at #CECOT in #ElSalvador.
He was deemed a member of the gang #TdA because he has tattoos & is Venezuelan.
Her client is a #gay make-up artist who was seeking #asylum in the #US. Toczylowski shared some personal photos of her client.

I posted an interview by Sam Stein w/Toczylowski earlier this wk.
#law #Constitution #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Trump

~15 declarations were filed overnight in #JGGvTrump. You can read them in the latest filing. The sworn declarations are from attys whose clients were not gang members but because #Trump suspended #HabeasCorpus / #DueProcess under the #AlienEnemiesAct they were scooped up by #ICE, flown to a country w/which they had no association & thrown into a high max forced labor #terrorist detention center. All had complied w/ #immigration #law & had pending hearings seeking #asylum.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/