Remember the time Theresa deported 4000 people illegally?
www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/03/23/disaster-for-theresa-may-as-legal-ruling-brings-student-depo
Disaster for Theresa May as legal ruling brings student deportations to a halt
The story starts on February 10th 2014. That evening, Panorama broadcast a programme on fraudulent language tests being taken at a single school in east London. The language tests are part of a system requiring immigrant students to prove their English is up to the required standard.
The Home Office response was extraordinary. Instead of treating this as evidence of cheating in one school, it claimed that everyone who had taken the TOEIC test, written and conducted by American Firm ETS, had committed fraud
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These students were not entitled to see the evidence against them. They were not entitled to appeal, except out of country. They were branded liars and cheats and thrown out without their day in court
There is a good reason the Home Office would not show them the evidence: it did not have any which was reliable enough to withstand even the most superficial level of legal scrutiny
48,000 people this affected. 48,000.
Not satisfied with the original court judgement May appealed the decision.
www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/10/25/may-s-student-deportation-programme-in-tatters-as-legal-appe
May's student deportation programme in tatters as legal appeal falls apart.
The appeal court ruled that the decision was 'fundamentally misconceived.
The Home Office appeal originally claimed that the case was unfair, that the deputy judge was biased, that witnesses had not been given an opportunity to explain evidence properly and that the tribunal had misunderstood expert evidence.
But lawyers for the student in the case say they received a surprising letter from the Home Office suddenly capitulating and admitting there were "no compelling reasons to pursue the appeal". It also offered to pay costs if the appeal was withdrawn.
In a hearing today, the court decided to pass a judgement, regardless of the Home Office's attempt to withdraw its own appeal
That appeal was launched with some pretty serious accusations against the legal system, that suddenly just disappeared.
This IS NOT a human rights case as such. But it does show something about May's regard for the law and for evidence. It certainly shows her contempt for judges and her lack of regard for the human impact of her decision.
Its worth pointing out, because the EHCR and HRA currently provide some protection for EU citizens resident here. The idea that they won't 'just be thrown out' seems reasonable. But is Theresa May reasonable?!
Her track record might well suggest otherwise.
The Courts made a damning ruling against her decision, and essentially refused to let the Home Office just quietly drop the case.
Let me repeat: Theresa May was responsible for the illegal mass deportation of thousands of students with no evidence.