Most of these people who are "But the LAW!" also openly voted for a felon, and excuse all the pardons for violent seditionists. The whole "the law" mantra is just a propaganda piece for them, they don't actually give a single **** about the law.
Is ICE the Gestapo or the Brown Shirts? Either way, this is not America.Woman with partial visa approval and a son who is a legal resident sent from Washington State to Texas and detained for 3 weeks by ICE.
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canadawww.theguardian.com
Ice confiscated Shaw’s phone and transported the mother and son to the Dilley immigration processing center in south Texas, many states away from her home, Besancon said. Foreign nationals caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown have similarly been transported to centres far from their homes, support networks and legal representation.
“It has been absolutely horrible,” Besancon said, adding that aside from the staff, Shaw and her son are the only English speakers, are locked in their shared bedroom from 8pm to 8am and are not allowed to wear their own clothes.
“It really is kind of like being in jail ... it has been absolutely devastating and it’s kind of barbaric.”
Shaw is on what is known as a “combo card” visa – an employment visa, which she obtained through her employment at a maximum security juvenile facility, and an I-360 visa, which can grant immigration status to domestic violence survivors.
Shaw had recently received a letter confirming her visa renewal, not realising that the I-360 element of her visa was still pending approval.
“It wasn’t until she tried to come back across the border that she realised only half of the combination card – because it’s only one physical card – had been fully approved,” said Besancon.
Border officials did not need to detain Shaw and could have filed for humanitarian parole, Besancon said. Meanwhile, all three of Shaw’s children have had their I-360 visas approved, and Besancon alleged her youngest son was therefore being detained “illegally”.
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Shaw’s case is the latest in a growing list of foreigners facing interrogation, detainment and deportations at the US border, including a British tourist, three Germans Lucas Sielaff, Fabian Schmidt and Jessica Brösche, and a Canadian and an Australian who were each held and then deported, despite having valid work visas.
It is in fact both cruel and harsh to jail a mother and her six year old child, when there was a completely legal and readily available process to avoid doing just that.
Ignoring the law isn’t an option. She violated the terms of her visa and her duty to her child as the custodial parent.
It would make a mockery of humanitarian parole to apply it to a woman who had no business violating the terms of her visa but did it anyway. It would be one thing if she had to travel for some emergency. Dumping two of your kids at an airport in Vancouver (instead of any airport anywhere in the U.S.?) so they can vacation in New Zealand is not an emergency.
That is not a legitimate reason. She did not receive a letter that she had permission to travel. Knowing the terms of her visa is her responsibility. Ignorance is never a defense in any U.S. court.
As I've consistently pointed out, there was a completely legal, authorized option to avoid detaining both the woman and her child. I believe that people should not be treated harshly, if there is another way. If you support harsh treatment for its own sake, you can just say that and we can be done.
As I’ve already pointed out, she doesn’t deserve it. Her violation was not for any compelling reason. She’s being treated like everyone else who violates the terms of the visa and has no good reason for it.
Always going for the most extreme and most expensive option.
What a stupid post.
No, the bottom line is that she violated the terms of her visa for no good reason and having a child doesn’t place her above the law. She should have thought about her duty as the custodial parent not to put her child in this position.
No it's not. It's entirely the fault of the US federal government.
Explain how the U.S. Federal government made her travel to Vancouver in violation of the terms of her visa.
To me, that just signifies a lack of compassion on your part, which is antithetical to my own worldview. If I made a mistake like that, I would want to be treated with kindness and forgiveness, and so that is how I choose to treat others.
Compassion is not a substitute for justice and what about this situation is deserving of compassion?
It will also discourage tourism to the US.
Explain how travelling to Vancouver violated the terms of her visa.