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1/ A #Boston federal court decided last month for the 1st time in US history that it's ICE's job to prove an ICE detainee is dangerous rather than forcing the detainee to prove a negative. Here's a quick report on how this Boston-only ruling is playing out in my home court.
2/ 1st, I've always found it frankly bizarre that #immigrationcourts required that *detainees* prove that they shouldn't be in ICE custody. This goes against centuries of common law, if not common sense. The govt should *always* have to justify taking someone's liberty. Always.
3/ In practice, putting the burden of proving "non-dangerousness" in #immigrationcourt required us to gather every relevant page of criminal records (including police reports), even for cases which had been dismissed/dropped, in a matter of days. Not my favorite part of the job.
