U.S. Supreme Court hands victory to immigrants facing deportation

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7. I think the practice has been to hit them with bits and pieces which MAY apply rather than a full

assessment. The upshot was they would be held and face each charge out of context. There are conditions which might apply if you've only been here 48 hours as opposed to 5 or 15 years, including character references, property ownership, employment, extended family and so on. I'm not up on all the nuances. But the INS and ICE are well known for playing keep-away with the verities as a means of disabling defense motions and legal rights. They also have a habit of applying the most egregious charges in the circumstances on the slimmest pretext of evidence along with multiple charges where possible. Another tactic is to misidentify someone with a similar name to one on a warrant. They've also been known to threaten to act against other family members if the person arrested fights the charges. It's a version of Walking while Brown in America.

In one case they grabbed a veteran who was born here. They sent him out of the country by claiming his ID was false and holding him incommunicado while they processed his paperwork. His family had no idea where he was or what had happened until they got a call from (I think it was) Guatemala.