Thing is though, the mass deportations are being done without due process
Supreme Court says otherwise. The only process they are due accordingly is to check their papers. If they claim asylum it’s a bit different but I don’t think you can claim asylum anymore after crossing illegally (although I’m not 100% on that)
they’re picking up native Americans. Tribes are telling people to carry their tribal ID at all times, but ICE aren’t being trained in what a tribal ID looks like
50 US citizens detained out of 500,000 is actually a very good rate.
they can just withdraw a visa
The granting of visas is a privilege and not a right. I know the UK has trouble deporting even dangerous rapists and it’s chilling
they’re doing it predominantly in democratic states
I am happy to report they are active in my home state, which is red.
people voted against immigration, yes. But what ICE and Trump’s administration are doing goes far beyond that and into human rights infractions
Again, you won’t deport literal rapists because of their ‘human rights’ so I frankly don’t care what you think about it.
People are realising they could be walking the street and find themselves in Ecuador before anyone can find them or get them legal assistance
Yes. They need to self-deport before this happens. Frankly if you are an illegal alien in the US, you should pack up now and take the exit money.
The threshold for asylum is very strict and being from a poor, crime-ridden country is not a basis for asylum. You have to prove you are actively being persecuted by the government. That’s going to be a very small number of cases. Unfortunately asylum was used as a loophole during the Biden years, but thankfully that’s over now.
Edited to add that British tend to think there is some court system that handles asylum cases, but immigration ‘courts’ are not real courts and are a function of the executive branch. Fun fact.