Of course they do. They’ve even deported citizens. The agency is out of control, and the fact that they mostly enforce civil infractions means they’d not held to account nearly as much as traditional law enforcement, and not nearly as much as they should be.
I think you’re trying to say: “they have no qualms deporting x, and x has a stronger claim to being here than y, so clearly they’d have no qualms deporting y”.
The reality is completely different. If you’re a lawful immigrant, they have your fingerprints, photograph, travel history, address, and a whole lot of other information already, and you can use that to prove your identity. Of course, you may then be subject to a fine for not carrying your documents, as all aliens are required to pursuant to INA 264(e) and other provisions.
And you might remember green card holders getting refused entry and deported by the hundreds during the weekend of Trump’s abortive “travel ban,” although strictly speaking that’s not ICE.
As for the travel ban affecting green card holders, that was stupid but irrelevant to the point at hand. That part was reversed very quickly, I might add.
Here’s what I am saying: ICE runs the fingerprints of everyone they arrest, and the system will show a match for anyone who went through the legal immigration process.
And once they do, as long as you didn’t make a typo on a form, or accidentally make a misstatement to an officer, or the president decides people from your country aren’t welcome here anymore, you’ll be free to go!
Wow didn't know about this.
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https://www.aclu.org/blog/speakeasy/yes-us-wrongfully-deport...
Ok found what you are talking about. This is from 2008 but i assume its still happening.
But why weren't people who are supposedly watching this quite before trump. It really boggles my mind.
Because Trump is upping the level of cruelty and rhetoric.