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US apologizes for deporting a student flying home for Thanksgiving (apnews.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/33910062

The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but still argued the error should not affect her case.

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[–] 45 points 9 months ago

In other words, moving detainees out of state as fast as possible guarantees them the ability to act with impunity, while minimizing due process for detainees. If there's no effort to STOP rapid transport of new detainees out of their original jurisdiction, they'll get away with it endlessly.

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