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Okay, but why is this an op-ed
EDITOR [slams door open]: we need your freshest-ass Hitler takes & we need 'em NOW
WRITER: he was--bad
EDITOR [stares]: Jim.
WRITER [squints]: he was bad--*at his job*
EDITOR [paces]: warmer, warmer
WRITER: Nazis were too
EDITOR [claps hands]: we've got ourselves an op-ED boys
JK this is actually pretty good and you should read it. I just cited it in this week's newsletter, and it's kind of a terrifying response to "how much damage can someone so lazy and incompetent *really* do?"

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If Trump is able to triple ICE's ground force as planned, lethal force against non-citizens being arrested for *civil immigration violations* is going to become a regular part of American life.

It's also one of the surest signs of fascism I can imagine.
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We know from ICE's own arrest stats that most of their targets have no criminal history beyond driving violations, and are far less likely to own guns than American citizens.

Only one ICE officer has ever been killed on the job... by another ICE officer in a workplace dispute.
It's worth saying as often as possible that ICE is arresting people for civil immigration violations, not criminal offenses. It is both one of the safest law enforcement jobs in the US, and one which has the least actual credible connection to public safety.
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Matt Cameron 🗽
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An imm. judge just denied my asylum-seeking client's bond bc he didn't have ID.

He does, though. He came to the US w/photo ID, but ICE took it at the border... and now says they don't have it.

We have a week to come up with something & try for bond again.

#immigrationcourt
My client told us that ICE had his ID, and I just had to trust that they did. They usually do.

We just have no lawful right to confirm that. This is what a court system with no right to discovery looks like.

#Immigrationcourts need to be brought into the judicial branch ASAP.
(To be clear, the court allowed us to w/draw the bond request without prejudice, rather than denying it. This allows us to try again next time if we can come up with anything resembling ID.)
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One important thing to non-lawyers may not realize re: all the legal drama around #DefendBOS this week:

The judge's refusal to accept @DARollins's disposition of these charges & forcing these cases to (illegal) arraignments gave every one of those people a criminal record.
@DARollins Even if he had dismissed the cases *immediately after arraignment* the legal act of accepting the charges creates an item on a Massachusetts criminal record. There is no way he didn't know that.
@DARollins *that non-lawyers may not realize, long day
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