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US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Summary

Immigration officials detained a US citizen for nearly 10 days in Arizona, according to court records and press reports.

On 8 April, a border patrol official found Hermosillo “without the proper immigration documents” and claimed that the young American had admitted entering the US illegally from Mexico.

On 17 April, a federal judge dismissed his case. “He did say he was a US citizen, but they didn’t believe him.”

“Under the Trump administration’s theory of the law, the government could have banished this U.S. citizen to a Salvadoran prison then refused to do anything to bring him back,” Mark Joseph Stern, a legal analyst for Slate, wrote on Bluesky. “This is why the Constitution guarantees due process to all. Could it be more obvious?”

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[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you currently work for ICE and you haven’t quit, you’ve demonstrated you’re okay with going along with illegal and immoral actions. That makes you a bad person.

Single mother, works in a minor administrative clerical capacity for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, has two school age children and without this job she's on the street and can't take care of these kids. She desperately needs this job but is really upset about the news lately, contacting her representatives, protesting when she can and stands ready to offer shelter in her home to anyone in need of a safe space. Yet in this hypothetical, under your rules, not only do you claim that this person has demonstrated they're okay with going along with illegal and immoral actions but that they're also a bad person. No allowance for circumstance or the fact that this is an unprecedented situation.

Due process is required for legal judgements, not moral ones, FYI.

I am aware. I used the example to draw a parallel. I would have thought engaging in the same behavior that your upset about might make you stop and think; guess not.

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A fascist is a fascist, doesn't fuckin matter if they are "only doing their job"

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A fascist is an advocate or follower of the political philosophy or system of fascism.

A janitor is a person whose job is to clean and maintain a building or property.

A janitor can be a fascist but they can also just be a janitor.

If you want to claim that any level of culpability makes a person a fascist then I’d say if you’re American and of voting age you’re a fascist because you have culpability in what’s happening right now. If you’re a user of any American corporate product where that corporation contributed to the current administration then you’re a fascist because you have culpability.