"This is the first arrest of many to come," the president said of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder abducted by immigration agents and sent to Louisiana.
Assuming the courts still exist this should be excellent news for his lawyers. The government doesn’t usually just outright state an illegal rationale for their actions.
I’d be pretty shocked - I’d be less shocked if Trump signed an executive order to do so but I’d be amazed if anyone in ICE outside the director decided to legally expose themselves that much with Trump’s history of not defending people who are no longer useful to him.
A little fish bureaucrat violating a court order without being ordered to do so would open them up to a world of pain and liability that would probably have international repercussions for that individual.
Shits absolutely going to pot but Trump and Musk have generally been the ultimate architects.
Assuming the courts still exist this should be excellent news for his lawyers. The government doesn’t usually just outright state an illegal rationale for their actions.
Honestly, I would be 0% shocked if ICE just completely ignores the court order and already has a deportation flight scheduled with him on it.
Last I’d heard his lawyers can’t even find which facility he’s in, so, yeah, this is not unlikely
I would be additionally unsurprised to learn they shipped him to Gitmo. That’s not hyperbole - I’m being entirely serious.
He’s being held in an ICE detention center in Louisiana.
I’d be pretty shocked - I’d be less shocked if Trump signed an executive order to do so but I’d be amazed if anyone in ICE outside the director decided to legally expose themselves that much with Trump’s history of not defending people who are no longer useful to him.
A little fish bureaucrat violating a court order without being ordered to do so would open them up to a world of pain and liability that would probably have international repercussions for that individual.
Shits absolutely going to pot but Trump and Musk have generally been the ultimate architects.
But that’s the thing about the presidential pardon: there aren’t any guardrails around it
We (The US) don’t have the gestapo. Our fascists wear uniforms and badges.