deportation is a legal process, this is people getting snatched on the streets. it did not start this month [1], ICE was always a big fucking void of basic civ

deportation is a legal process, this is people getting snatched on the streets. it did not start this month [1], ICE was always a big fucking void of basic civility, but that does not change the nature of these renditions. people held at these facilities usually have a good chance of getting a habeas corpus hearing in front of a federal court after 6-12 months. the federal courts are completely aware that the Immigration Courts (part of DoJ) are extremely backlogged. (which is ... a funding issue of course. which is again a direct consequence of how Congress views people.) since these detention facilities are run for-profit it makes sense for ICE to prioritize dealing with cases that the courts "highlight". this makes "everyone" happy, ICE makes the numbers, the contractors are happy, what else could you wish for? [2] [1] ICE/DHS in 2009 determined he's a citizen, then changed its position in 2016, and now claims that he never got citizenship because of a change of the constitution of El Salvador in 1983 ... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/man-detained-ice-claims-citizenship-rcna198012 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/man-detained-ice-claims-... [2] https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/28/ice-arrested-and-detained-a-us-citizen-for-hours-because-he-looked-mexican/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/28/ice-arrested-and-detaine...