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SCOTUS Rules U.S. Government has Right to Indefinitely Detain Some Undocumented Migrants
Newsweek ^ | 29 Jun 2021 | Maggie Giles

Posted on 06/29/2021 9:24:24 PM PDT by blueplum

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the U.S. government has the right to indefinitely detain some immigrants, the Associated Press reported.

Over the dissent of three liberal justices, the court held 6-3 that immigrants are not entitled to a hearing about whether they should be released while the government evaluates their claims...

...Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court's majority opinion that "those aliens are not entitled to a bond hearing."

The case stems from an immigration officer's determination that the immigrants had a "reasonable fear" for their safety if returned to their countries, setting in motion an evaluation process that can take months or years.

The issue for the court was whether the government could hold the immigrants without having an immigration judge weigh in.

Alito, in his opinion for the court, wrote that the administration's argument that the relevant provision does not provide for a bond hearing was more persuasive....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; alito; border; borderpatrol; courts; illegalimmigration; scotus; undocumentedmigrants
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1 posted on 06/29/2021 9:24:24 PM PDT by blueplum
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Of course law enforcement should be allowed to detain people who they have probable cause are breaking immigration law. Even as a layman I know that’s a well established threshold for detainmemt. Why was it even a case?


2 posted on 06/29/2021 9:32:48 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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I wonder how long it will be before the AMERICAN CITIZENS who have been illegally and indefinitely detained in DC for their mere presence in the capital on Jan 6th will have THEIR case heard???

These illegals at least had their day in court.

American citizens who committed no crime on the 6th are currently rotting in a prison somewhere in DC, and have not been charged with a crime.


3 posted on 06/29/2021 9:33:54 PM PDT by Safrguns
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detain all 40,000,000 and send them back.


4 posted on 06/29/2021 9:35:23 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: blueplum

As usual, the article is fairly unspecific about their citizenship status.


5 posted on 06/29/2021 9:37:53 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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I think this ruling gives the border patrol the right to give Biden the middle finger AND do their job!! Uphold immigration laws PERIOD!!


6 posted on 06/29/2021 9:39:39 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: blueplum

So, Americans will have to pay for these ILLEGAL people for the next 60 years or so? Ugg!


7 posted on 06/29/2021 9:41:27 PM PDT by lee martell
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My question is: does the Constitution apply to American Citizens only, or to all within the legal boundaries of the country? More specifically, the law-abiding within those boundaries?


8 posted on 06/29/2021 9:46:28 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: AndyTheBear

Biden will thwart the court. All he has to do is limit the number of beds available and they will have to let them bail out or simply be released with a future court/check-in date.

Worked for ICE 2012-14. Suddenly we had to cut lose several hundred, maybe a thousand illegal aliens across the nation because the money for the beds was being manipulated.


9 posted on 06/29/2021 9:47:29 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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I can’t name names, but a few critters have been crawling down the DOJ’s shirt about it.

What we can do is to keep asking our own critter, ‘what have yu done today to free those held hostage in DC jails by the Dem party?’ the world turns on squeeky wheels


10 posted on 06/29/2021 9:47:54 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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If the Democrats think they’ve been held too long, the Government could always send them back home...


11 posted on 06/29/2021 9:56:52 PM PDT by Nabron
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Are Trump supporters considered undocumented while in DC?


12 posted on 06/29/2021 9:58:00 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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>>> What we can do is to keep asking our own critter, ‘what have yu done today to free those held hostage in DC jails by the Dem party?

Oh... you mean the same critters who bent over and grabbed their ankles during the Jan 6th during certification???

yeah... they should be a great help!


13 posted on 06/29/2021 10:00:24 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Don W

Under the precepts of the Declaration of Independence, our rights come from God, not the State. Every person, citizen or not, has those rights.

Being in this country is a right for those born on our land, naturalized, or born to citizens abroad. For everyone else, it is a privilege.

Adjudicating a privilege is not in the same realm as adjudicating a right. The SCOTUS affirmed that the process can be truncated, if need be, for those abusing the privilege of being on American soil.


14 posted on 06/29/2021 10:05:32 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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All apparently they have the right to hold Americans indefinitely, why not illegal aliens?


15 posted on 06/29/2021 10:06:28 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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I think all of a sudden, “refugees” will have a chNge of tune regarding fear of being indefinite confinement istead of catch and release.


16 posted on 06/29/2021 10:07:49 PM PDT by 31R1O
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To: Safrguns
I wonder how long it will be before the AMERICAN CITIZENS who have been illegally and indefinitely detained in DC for their mere presence in the capital on Jan 6th will have THEIR case heard???

In the year 2525. I know it sucks, but that’s the first thing I thought of too. I am disgusted with gutless, spineless, wimp a$$ politicians, who don’t jump up and down on some communist’s desk about it.

17 posted on 06/29/2021 10:21:20 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force combat pilot )
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Are Trump supporters considered undocumented while in DC?

More than likely, I would say yes.

18 posted on 06/29/2021 10:25:42 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force combat pilot )
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To: AndyTheBear

How can these “illegal immigrants/asylum seekers” afford to post bond to ensure their appearance months or years later before an immigration court?

Some of these people MIGHT be criminals fleeing from justice in their own country. In their cases, they should be housed at GITMO to keep them from committing crimes in the US.

The fact that immigration courts/officers are overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of illegals coming into the US is NOT OUR FAULT, per se. It is the fault of the Biden Administration’s cowardice to enforce the law and finish building the effective “wall”, leftist judges who are releasing criminals back onto the streets, courts/judges who handcuff law enforcement officials from doing their jobs, drug smuggling gangs/cartels, and Americans who aid them.


19 posted on 06/29/2021 10:31:01 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TheWriterTX

Succinct and accurate. Thank you.


20 posted on 06/29/2021 10:33:02 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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