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Why would they do this? They have the power to deport him without cause, without reason. Why do this? I mean, this guy is an "easy target". He's disruptive. He
by spwa4 2y ago
Why would they do this? They have the power to deport him without cause, without reason. Why do this? I mean, this guy is an "easy target". He's disruptive. He organized protests where violence was committed, lots of damage was done. They got arrested (and not for protesting, for breaking and entering). He's frankly criminally liable, but that would be difficult to get to stick, but it's definitely not nothing.
And, if the government can't bring itself to be reasonable about this, then they can just keep their fine mouths shut. They have the right to say nothing at all and just deport him!
SO WHY DO THIS? Is it so difficult to even pretend to uphold the law?
And yes, I feel like this person cannot reasonably claim to be pro-Palestina, he wants Israel eradicated. He does not have a reasonable position. Frankly, Mr. Kahil is vile. I find it very hard to support this particular individual.
But the government's attitude in this (and other) cases ...
Of course, it is somewhat dishonest for AP to cite a memo by Rubio as the statement of law. It is not. The judge's decision uses entirely different factors. As cited by the judge:
1) Rubio’s determination was “presumptive and sufficient evidence”
This means: nothing in the government's argument mattered to the judge (a tragically common occurrence in Trump's administration cases). EXCEPT for one thing: that they brought the case at all. The judge even mentions that she was happy the administration brought a case at all, since they didn't need to. The law does not require it to deport Mr Kahil.
2) All counterarguments centered around free speech could not be used in the decision since this wasn't about free speech. The government is not preventing Mr. Kahil from saying whatever he wants about them (in fact they allowed an interview with him, which was very widely published)
I find it somewhat dishonest that a memo of the department of state is used as if it was the judge's reasoning when obviously it was not.
- glimshe 2y agoBecause we wouldn't be talking about it if it had been for no reason. The government is leveraging cases it knows it will likely lose for the publicity. I'm sure they believe that the publicity will discourage further anti-Semitism... And it likely will.
- biimugan 2y agoI don't think you have the facts of the matter or the context right here. The government absolutely does not have the right to expel legal permanent residents without due process. And 'keeping their mouths shut' and pretending otherwise is not even remotely, feasibly "reasonable". The Supreme Court literally just ruled that residents with much less legal status than this person must be given due process -- an entirely obvious statement. But one which apparently needs to be reaffirmed by the highest court in the land because of how casually this administration seems to discard basic tenets of U.S. law. So you're just outright wrong. The government absolutely did prevent this person from 'saying whatever he wants' -- he was essentially abducted from New Jersey and sent to detention in Louisiana without the ability to contact his family or his lawyer, or get any sort of hearing. It's only after the fact, due to the work of his lawyers and the public outcry, that he was able to submit a habeas petition. You seem to be downplaying how violent and seemingly corrupt the government's actions were in this case (I guess because you ultimately disagree with whatever you imagine this person did). Just because one Louisiana DoJ immigration judge sided with their own branch of government doesn't really lend plausibility to the government's case.
- sys_64738 2y agoThe result isn't about this specific case. This set the precedent to allow ICE to come and pick up random people and get them deported. This is called opening the floodgates. People don't really understand or see the distinction until it's too late. Then they're deported. Don't be fooled or be a fool. They will come for you as everybody has a turn.