ACLU Plans to Fight Trump's Immigrant Raids, Mass Deportations (Connecting the Dots: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, Barack Obama administration & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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Thursday,
06 June 2024 01:27 PM EDT
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The
American Civil Liberties Union filed legal
challenges against former President Donald Trump 's administration more than
400 times during his time in the White House, helping to halt an array of
policies, including separating immigrant children from their parents.
The
ACLU
is not conceding that Trump will beat President Joe Biden this year, but it is
publishing a blueprint on how it plans to respond to a second Trump term given
his promises to go much further on immigration, with calls for
mass raids and the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
Advocacy
groups are making contingency plans to try and tie up Trump's priorities in
court or through the workings of government. Trump's allies, mindful of the
resistance he faced in the White House and anticipating the chance to remake
huge swaths of government, have prepared policy books and staffing plans of
their own, including one effort known as "Project 2025."
The
ACLU shared a memo offering possible responses on immigration policy with The
Associated Press ahead of its formal release Thursday.
"This
is really kind of the sequel on the earlier work that we did fighting off the
worst of the Trump abuses," said Anthony Romero, the group's president.
Here
is a look at the ACLU's strategy and how it might play out.
Immigration
is a centerpiece of the former president's campaign to reclaim the White House.
Trump
has endorsed major arrest operations against people in the country illegally
with the help of the National Guard. He's talked of opening sprawling detention
camps and fast-tracking deportations.
He
is also discussed ending automatic citizenship for anyone born in this country,
a guarantee in the 14th Amendment that some conservatives argue shouldn't apply
to the children of people in the U.S. illegally. Trump might additionally
revive some of his first-term policies, like banning entry into the U.S. of
people from some majority-Muslim countries or separating immigrant families
anew.
Karoline
Leavitt, a campaign spokeswoman for the former president, said Trump will
"act to secure the southern border and reimplement his prior effective
policies to protect our homeland, no matter what challenges are thrown his way
or no matter how long it takes."
With
lawsuits. Likely lots of them.
Trump
has suggested he can streamline arrests and deportations by evoking the Alien
Enemies Act of 1789, which could allow him to unilaterally detain and deport
some noncitizens. The ACLU counters that the act only gives the president
limited use of such powers during a "declared war," or an
"invasion or predatory incursion" involving a foreign nation or
government.
It
further argues that carrying out Trump's plans will violate constitutional
protections against unreasonable search and seizure, including arrests and
detentions without a specific reason to detain a certain individual.
Separately,
Trump has pointed to the Insurrection Act, which gives the president powers to
use the military as a domestic police force, and suggested that troops could
help handle his immigration plans' complicated logistics. But the ACLU says the
Posse Comitatus Act, which dates back to 1878 and which Congress has moved to
strengthen more recently, forbids using the military in civilian law
enforcement.
The
memo says Trump's pledges to end birthright citizenship, meanwhile, contradict
constitutional guarantees of citizenship to people born in the United States
without regard for parentage and that the Supreme Court has affirmed that those
guarantees applied to U.S-born children — even if their parents did not have
citizenship rights.
Regarding
the potential separation of immigrant families, the ACLU settled with the
federal government last year a case it initiated against the Trump
administration in 2018, opposing the separating of a Congolese woman being held
in a detention facility in California, from her then-7-year-old daughter, who
was in a Chicago facility. Any attempt by a new Trump administration to restart
the policies would contradict the court-ordered settlement agreement, the ACLU
argues, and give it the grounds for new legal challenges.
The
conservative Heritage Foundation has helped create a more than 1,000-page
"Project 2025" handbook. It includes scores of proposed actions on
immigration and could potentially make a new Trump White House more prepared to
overcome lawsuits on the issue than the first one was.
"The
second Trump administration, if there is one, will be better prepared,"
said Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law practice at Cornell
University.
He
noted that the first Trump administration often saw its policies halted by
rulemaking and procedural mistakes that it could fix this time around — it
could use past legal decisions to find workarounds.
"Both
sides have seen the litigation battles, and seen how the courts have
ruled," Yale-Loehr said.
Yes,
to a point.
Legal
challenges helped stop the Trump administration from separating immigrant
families at the border and degrading immigration protections offered under
Temporary Protected Status and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program, whose recipients are commonly called "Dreamers."
The
group notes that when its challenges weren't ultimately successful — like when
the Supreme Court reversed injunctions against the Trump administration's ban
on travelers from several majority Muslim countries — they nonetheless forced
officials to scale back their intentions.
Lucas
Guttentag, a Stanford University law professor who founded the ACLU's
Immigrants' Rights Project, said that though the Supreme Court now has a 6-3
conservative majority, it and lower appeals courts may remain skeptical of the
constitutionality of some of Trump's top plans.
But
he also said that isn't a guarantee others won't be allowed to stand.
"The
only foolproof mechanism is to defeat him at the ballot box," Guttentag
said.
The
group will urge state and local leaders to help protect against mass
deportations by funding legal counsel for immigrants. It also wants them to
better cooperate to track large-scale arrests and document racial profiling.
It
plans to urge Democratic-led legislatures and city councils to restrict federal
government access to their resources for mass detention and deportation
efforts.
Romero
said the ACLU is identifying "real, clear guardrails, real barriers — at
the very least, they're speed bumps — for the Trump administration to get
over."
"Litigation
takes time," he said, "so if you can preserve the status quo for the
longest period of time that is success in our book."
The
ACLU will release seven subsequent policy memos responding to Trump's campaign
promises on top issues. That includes plans to curb potential abuses of
executive power and better safeguard things like LGBTQ rights, reproductive
freedom, voting rights and diversity, equality and inclusion protections.
It
is set to release each plan weekly leading up to the Republican National
Convention, which opens July 15 in Milwaukee.
President
Joe Biden on Tuesday announced plans to significantly restrict the number of
immigrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Romero
said the ACLU is preparing likely legal challenges against that order. His
group repeatedly sued the Biden and Obama administrations over immigration
policy in the past — though not at the pace of its challenges to Trump's White
House.
The
ACLU is also planning to release six upcoming issue memos for Biden's
reelection bid ahead of August's Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
"There's
a stark contrast between Biden and Trump," Romero said, "but there's
still an unfinished agenda with Team Biden."
Connecting
the Dots:
Aryeh Neier was
an executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
the president for the Open Society Foundations and is the vice
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
co-chair for the Independent Task Force on
Immigration and America's Future.
Carlos Pascual was
the VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a U.S.
ambassador for Mexico.
Ernesto Zedillo was
the president of Mexico and a board member for the International
Crisis Group.
George Soros is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, a director at the Drug Policy Alliance and was a benefactor
for the Human Rights Watch.
Ira Glasser is
a director at the Drug Policy Alliance and was an executive
director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Aryeh Neier was
an executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
the president for the Open Society Foundations, an executive
director for the Human Rights Watch, is the vice chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a director at the Center
for American Progress.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and was a supporter for the Center for
American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Center for American Progress.
Melody C. Barnes was
the EVP for the Center for American Progress, the domestic policy
council, director for the Barack Obama administration, a principal
for the Raben Group and is Barack Obama’s golf
partner.
Raben Group was
the lobby firm for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Carol M. Browner is
a director, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and
was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration.
Tom Daschle is
a director at the Center for American Progress and was the nominee
for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama
administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was the
health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Lawrence H.
Summers is a distinguished fellow at the Center for American
Progress and was the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack
Obama administration.
Cassandra Q. Butts was
the SVP for the Center for American Progress and the deputy White
House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.
Philip J. Crowley was
the director of homeland security at the Center for American Progress
and the assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama
administration.
Derek Douglas was
an associate director of economic policy at the Center for American
Progress and a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack
Obama administration.
Bradley J. Kiley was
a VP for the Center for American Progress and the director of
management and administration for the Barack Obama administration.
Karen Kornbluh was
a visiting scholar at the Center for American Progress and a policy
director for Barack Obama.
Jeanne Lambrew was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
deputy assistant to the president for health policy for the Barack
Obama administration.
Denis McDonough was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack
Obama administration.
Esther M.
Olavarria was the director of immigration policy at the Center
for American Progress and is the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama
administration.
Dan Restrepo was
the Americas Project director at the Center for American Progress
and a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama
administration.
Gene B. Sperling was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama
administration.
Todd Stern is the
special envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State for
the Barack Obama administration and was a senior fellow at
the Center for American Progress.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and was a supporter for the Center for
American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Center for American Progress.
Melody C. Barnes was
the EVP for the Center for American Progress, the domestic policy
council, director for the Barack Obama administration, a principal
for the Raben Group and is Barack Obama’s golf
partner.
Raben Group was
the lobby firm for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Resources:
Past Research
ACLU
Vows to Fight Reinstating Cross on L.A. County Seal (Past
Research on the ACLU)
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 4, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/aclu-vows-to-fight-reinstating-cross-on.html
Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America's Future (Connecting the Dots:
Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, Mexico, Obama,
ACORN, Lee Hamilton And His Nephew David F. Hamilton, The U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 7th Circuit, & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Independent Task Force on
Immigration and America's Future)
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 1, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/01/independent-task-force-on-immigration.html
GE,
Walmart, AT&T, Google Among Center for American Progress Donors (Past Research on the Center for American Progress)
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 14, 2013
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