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Deportation from the U.S. is a death sentence for who will ever know how many thousands of people every year.
I thought everyone already knew that. I really thought you knew.
We need to find these stories, and we need to listen to them.
#DontLookAway
I thought everyone already knew that. I really thought you knew.
We need to find these stories, and we need to listen to them.
#DontLookAway
Deportation is a civil penalty, and no court has ever held it to constitute a "punishment." It's just a thing we do to people sometimes.
Justice Brandeis wrote in 1922 that deportation "may result... in loss of both property and life, or of all that makes life worth living."
Justice Brandeis wrote in 1922 that deportation "may result... in loss of both property and life, or of all that makes life worth living."
Unlawful presence is not a crime. Overstaying your visa is not a crime. Violating terms of your lawful status isn't either.
Yet we routinely impose a sanction which can be more painful & dangerous than life in prison for these things.
And we don't even give you a lawyer first
Yet we routinely impose a sanction which can be more painful & dangerous than life in prison for these things.
And we don't even give you a lawyer first
