Wacko Judge Says Expedited Removal Is Legal Except For Away From The Border

Why? Because Trump is doing this. Seriously, these wackos just reach for reasons to block Trump’s agenda, forgetting that they will be reversed on appeal in most cases

Judge blocks Trump’s broad expansion of expedited removal of migrants

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.

In a 48-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb of D.C. wrote that the administration’s new policy in January to broadly expand a process known as “expedited removal” — which had previously been used to deport migrants detained at or near the U.S.-Mexico border — doesn’t provide adequate due process rights to those detained inside the country.

Cobb, in her ruling in a case brought by civil rights groups, wrote that “in defending this skimpy process, the Government makes a truly startling argument: that those who entered the country illegally are entitled to no process under the Fifth Amendment, but instead must accept whatever grace Congress affords them. Were that right, not only noncitizens, but everyone would be at risk.”

Cobb, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, said she was not questioning the constitutionality of the expedited removal statute and its “long-standing application” in border control. But she said that “in applying the statute to a huge group of people living in the interior of the country who have not previously been subject to expedited removal, the Government must afford them due process.”

Good grief. Are they here illegally? Yes? Do liberals say the first offense is a civil offense? Yes? Does the law state that it is a civil offense for which the penalty is a small fine, possibly a short stay in jail, and deportation? Yes. Just because they aren’t near the border doesn’t make them any less of law breakers. Crazy judges.

Previously, expedited removal had only been used for migrants who were stopped within 100 miles of the border and who had been in the country for less than 14 days. Cobb said Friday that the Trump administration can continue to use the policy in those situations.

Here’s the thing: the Supreme Court has already ruled quite specifically that her ruling can only apply to her little fiefdom in D.C. Beyond that, the Trump admin can simply ignore her order, so, if they want to expeditiously remove illegals from Ohio, they can.

Meanwhile

HUD launches crackdown on illegal immigration in public housing: ‘Riding the coattails’

The Trump administration has ordered a nationwide review of public housing in an effort to root out residents who are in the country illegally, according to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced Friday.

Turner wrote that each Public Housing Authority has 30 days to conduct an audit to ensure that the existing orders are enforced. The department is asking for information about the public housing units, as well as verifiable citizenship or “eligible immigration status.”

“No longer will illegal aliens be able to leave citizenship boxes blank or take advantage of HUD-funded housing, riding the coattails of hardworking American citizens,” Turner wrote.

The U.S. should not be giving them free housing. Really, though, so many of these policies are also designed to deter illegals from coming to the U.S. And, it’s been working.

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