Legal experts examined the document that reveals the following:
It provides directives to front-line officers apprehending suspected Tren de Aragua members, suggesting officers obtain a warrant of apprehension and removal “as much as practicable.” Those administrative warrants are signed by immigration officers, not judges like criminal warrants.
Due to a “dynamic nature of law enforcement procedures” officers are free to “apprehend aliens” based on their “reasonable belief” they meet the definitions, the memo states.
It purports to grant authority for police to enter a suspected “Alien Enemy’s residence” if “circumstances render it impracticable” to first obtain a warrant. The memo told law enforcement that immigrants deemed “Alien Enemies” are “not entitled to a hearing, appeal or judicial review.”
Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security referred USA TODAY’s questions about the memo to the Department of Justice.
DOJ did not respond to requests for comment.
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“reasonable belief” (they look “Mexican” or whatever)
“Not entitled to a hearing, appeal, or judicial review” (literally anyone you want can be disappeared for good.)
These aren’t the actions of a fascist authoritarian government though… I mean Obama wore a fucking tan suit and Biden is too old for Christs sake, obviously way worse.