This means, down in Morton, Mississippi, at least as to those who can show two years or more of residence, they must be accorded full US due process.
It ALSO means, assuming they have no other felony warrants, they MUST be granted bail, until their first "on merits" hearing. This is clearly a non-violent offense. They must be charged, and released -- normally within 48 hours. [The ACLU will be on site, to see to that.] Here is a bit -- from CNN:
. . . .After immigration authorities rounded up hundreds of workers in a massive sweep at seven Mississippi food processing plants, friends and family members are desperately searching for answers.
A crowd waited outside a plant in Morton, Mississippi, Thursday morning, hoping authorities would release their loved ones. Video footage from CNN affiliates and Facebook live showed children sobbing as they waited for word on what had happened to their parents. . . .
But in the mean time, once again, Trump's unthinking, unblinking cruelty. . . falls primarily on. . . vulnerable children. Yes, he is a monster.
Another fair legal question -- just on a moment's glance at Google Maps, is to ask whether Morton is within 200 miles of the border. It doesn't look to be -- [it looks to be about 800 miles from the Mexico-Texas border, as the crow flies.] Which would mean the ICE agents were unlawfully asking for papers. That rule remains US law. Did they have a court warrant, or just an ICE warrant? This matters, greatly -- to the outcome. I suspect most of the supposed arrests will be eventually dismissed, on the basis that the arrests were themselves. . . unlawful -- under the fourth amendment.
Finally, if Trump is truly after equal justice under the law -- I will be patiently awaiting a list of the EMPLOYERS who were also ARRESTED -- for employing what ICE claims were "obviously" undocumented workers. Crickets. . . .
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I wonder if this is the true reason for the raid:
Koch Foods Settles EEOC Harassment, National Origin And Race Bias Suit". www.eeoc.gov. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
It is certainly possible. It is deplorable -- to coin a phrase -- that the owners (Koch brothers, themselves)... were not also arrested and charged with what are felony immigration law violations. [Knowing, systemic employment of hundreds of undocumented workers; abuse of the same.]
But in a small, glimmering bit of good news -- as I had predicted above, already 300 have been released. I expect the balance will be by Saturday or Sunday. Still an egregious affront to our system of laws -- but there is no basis to hold these hard working law abiding human beings:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49283157
Namaste. . . .
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