Something to watch: before Stephen Miller's orders to start arresting people before their hearings at immigration courts: 98.5% of people attended their hearings. They are trying to undermine the courts.
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I wonder how many immigrants are using the app that Kristi Noem is pushing? Do they believe that using the app and "follow the law, they may be granted citizenship. Otherwise they will be deported and never allowed to return."
Then they can exclude them for failure to comply with the terms of their release. If judges weren't in on the whole bait and switch, they'd dismiss as requested but stay the dismissal for two weeks so the immigrant has the chance to apply to stay under another program.
Makes sense. "We're only deporting the illegal immigrants" was a lie. From the start. It was always about just deporting all undesirable immigrants without citizenship. We have seen what they consider desirable immigrants. White fascists from South Africa. If you're not that, they're coming for you.
Added benefit that now that they didn't go to their hearing, they are no longer following the law.
It was civil law, this is still civil law, but they didn't care before, and now they can add this metric.
I think it is after their hearing, after the government announces it wants to drop the case they showed up for. This then paradoxically makes them eligible for picking up (and then the gov expedites expulsion)
1.5% no-show rate would be phenomenal in any other context. Medical offices would kill for a missed appointment rate that low. Point being, you get 1.5% just from life happening, not necessarily from people trying to duck the system. Are there stats on how many try to reschedule after a missed appt?
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This isn't how congress is supposed to function.
It just tells migrants: don’t show up, don’t comply, hide instead. Makes no sense.
It was civil law, this is still civil law, but they didn't care before, and now they can add this metric.
They don’t want black or brown people, they should just say that.