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dparklast Friday at 9:59 PM0 repliesview on HN

The US specifically doesn’t gather or publish stats about citizens who are detained or deported. Shocking, that.

But you can easily search on Google and find some info. Propublica has an article claiming they investigated 170 cases of citizens detained by ICE, some without communication for more than a day, some physically abused. There’s info out there.

Are we only concerned about deportations of citizens, though? Not illegal detentions? Not abuse? Not deportation of legal residents?

> The sheer number of people that are being processed is due to prior administrations open border policy.

Obama got called the deporter in chief because he deported so many immigrants. It’s possible to enforce immigration laws without having a bunch of masked men snatching people off the street.

I think there’s a real conversation to be had about immigration. But that’s not what’s happening.

> Want to change the law? Do it correctly.

Agreed. Follow the law. Deporting residents in violation of court orders is not following the law. Denying due process is not the law.

Maybe Biden should have enforced the law more effectively. Trump flouting the law doesn’t fix that.

> Were you referring to Biden's son?

No. I was referring to the president. And the Supreme Court essentially granting the president immunity for any and all actions.

Are you under the impression that Hunter Biden was president at some point? Or maybe you believe that Biden being addicted to coke and buying a gun is somehow relevant to any of the actions Trump has taken

Or maybe you’re not acting in good faith and you’re invoking this as a distraction.