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Sohcahtoa82today at 1:11 AM1 replyview on HN

I guess I wasn't specific enough.

Sure, ICE does have the authority to perform arrests for some crimes unrelated to immigration, that's not what I'm referring to. ICE is arresting US citizens based on immigration charges.


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Terr_today at 1:17 AM

Tacking on: I feel that is also just secondary "icing on the cake" versus the bigger problem you identified in the rest of your sentence, a portion which they ignored.

Actually, hold up for a second... What kind of self-described "lawyer" could possibly ignore that portion... except by operating in bad-faith?:

> denying due process, then ignoring court orders to release them.

Right, even if ICE/CBP were somehow only grabbing non-citizens and only for reasons vaguely within their legal mandate, that other behavior is still criminal. Those constitutional rights, and protections from the court system, apply to everyone in US jurisdiction regardless of their immigration status.

For anyone interested in more detail: "How ICE defies judges’ orders to release detainees, step by step" [0].

[0] https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/ice-immigration-det...