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Re New Trump Deportation Rules
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:51:28 -0500
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From: "RJR-rjriley" <rjr () rjriley com> Date: February 22, 2017 at 6:24:27 PM EST To: "'Paul Alan Levy'" <plevy () citizen org>, <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] Re New Trump Deportation Rules I am disappointed that Mr. Levy, who I hold in high regard, would chose characterize my belief that limited immigration slots be filled by people who have skills which will benefit America, as racism. I don’t care about race. I think that way too many people are prone to falsely accuse people of racism, when we should be having a civil discussion about policy. We have a huge problem with illegal’s, which has come with staggering costs born by taxpayers. I do not have any problem with legal immigration when allowing entry is in America’s interests. Europe has serious problems with refuges they allowed into their respective countries not assimilating. It is foolish to ignore these issues. It is incredibly expensive to bring in people which in many cases will not be productive for a very long time, in some case it will only happen in the next generation. When we bring more people in the country which represent deficit spending, we are placing the burden to paying for those immigrants on our children and maybe even on grandchildren, is this fair to them? I agree that amending basic civil liberties is a risky business, but so is uncontrolled illegal immigration. I have friends and associates from all over the country, many who live states along the border are up in arms about the impact of illegal immigration. Ronald J Riley From: Paul Alan Levy [mailto:plevy () citizen org] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 5:44 PM To: rjr () rjriley com Subject: FW: [IP] Re New Trump Deportation Rules Are you the same guy I represented a few years ago? Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-7725 http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=396 Twitter: @paulalanlevy Public Citizen Foundation participates in the Combined Federal Campaign with the CFC Code 11168 From: Paul Alan Levy Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 5:38 PM To: 'dave () farber net'; ip Subject: RE: [IP] Re New Trump Deportation Rules “we need to change birthright citizenship” My former client Ron Riley wants to amend the Fourteenth Amendment? That part of our constitution provides (Section 1, first sentence) “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Wholly apart from the fact that the plain meaning of this sentence is that the children of immigrants, if born in the United States, are citizens, if the Fourteenth Amendment did NOT mean that birth within the US meant citizenship regardless of whether the child’s parents were citizens, it would not have succeeded in ensuring that the freed slaves, born in the United States, would be considered citizens. Ron’s apparent racism aside (it’s the white immigrants who are desirable), I am not persuaded that starting to amend the basic civil rights amendments adopted after the Civil War is a good idea Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-7725 http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=396 Twitter: @paulalanlevy Public Citizen Foundation participates in the Combined Federal Campaign with the CFC Code 11168 From: Dave Farber [mailto:farber () gmail com] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 4:53 PM To: ip Subject: [IP] Re New Trump Deportation Rules As I said I present all sides Begin forwarded message: From: "RJR-rjriley" <rjr () rjriley com> Date: February 22, 2017 at 4:49:30 PM EST To: <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] New Trump Deportation Rules There is no reason that we cannot speed up legit immigration, from more desirable sources. Also, we can issue work permits without an easy path to citizenship. We also need to change birthright citizenship to one requiring one parent to be a citizen or to be naturalized before their child turns 18, and then confer citizenship to the child. For example, there are lots of people in Europe, well educated, with desirable skills who would love to flee the problems created by Muslims who refuse to assimilate. There is no innate right to be Allowed into America. Ronald J Riley From: Dave Farber [mailto:farber () gmail com] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 1:31 PM To: ip Subject: [IP] New Trump Deportation Rules Begin forwarded message: From: "Evers Ridgely C." <rce () evers org> Date: February 22, 2017 at 1:17:57 PM EST To: Farber David <dave () farber net> Subject: New Trump Deportation Rules Dave, For IP if you wish. New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions This is remarkably (terrifyingly?) sweeping in its construct. From the actual order (italics mine): Department personnel should prioritize removable aliens who: (1) have been convicted of any criminal offense; (2) have been charged with any criminal offense that has not been resolved; (3) have committed acts which constitute a chargeable criminal offense; (4) have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter before a governmental agency; (5) have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits; (6) are subject to a final order of removal but have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the United States; or (7) in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security. The Director of ICE, the Commissioner of CBP, and the Director of USCIS may, as they determine is appropriate, issue further guidance to allocate appropriate resources to prioritize enforcement activities within these categories - for example, by prioritizing enforcement activities against removable aliens who are convicted felons or who are involved in gang activity or drug trafficking. Note that being in the US without permission is a "chargeable criminal offense" (condition #3) Basically, therefore, this tasks ICE with kicking out pretty much everyone who is undocumented, with the exception of DREAMers. I live in an agricultural area, where the vast majority of workers are immigrants, mostly undocumented. Many have children born in the US, who have US citizenship but not Mexican citizenship (for example), so the children cannot just "go to Mexico." The families are terrified that they will be separated – and not without evidence to support that fear. We know people who, in the past two weeks, have had a parent targeted, arrested, and deported without hearing. –Ridge This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com Archives | Modify Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com
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