"...It is not clear at this time whether the authority of the US immigration courts or federal criminal and civil courts reaches into the GMOC. Likely not. Detaining immigrants at Guantánamo Bay means not only preventing migrants from outside of the United States from reaching the US legal system, it now means that migrants inside the US already are being plucked out of the jurisdiction of the US and raising wholly novel questions about their rights and their treatment. "
This statement gives me nightmares. What will become of these people without rights? Will they be able to plead for asylum from Gitmo? Will they be forced or sold into slavery? Tortured? And you're right--this horrific behavior by the US gov't can apply to both citizens as well as non-citizens. Just think of this as an opening to all that is coming for all of us in the near future if we don't stop it now. *shudder*
What is the motivation for using Guantánamo Bay? We've already seen examples of immigrants without criminal records being sent there. Is it really to up the ante against the cartel or other organized crime, or might it simply be, given Guantánamo Bay's checkered past, a means of striking fear in the hearts of undocumented immigrants.
"...It is not clear at this time whether the authority of the US immigration courts or federal criminal and civil courts reaches into the GMOC. Likely not. Detaining immigrants at Guantánamo Bay means not only preventing migrants from outside of the United States from reaching the US legal system, it now means that migrants inside the US already are being plucked out of the jurisdiction of the US and raising wholly novel questions about their rights and their treatment. "
This statement gives me nightmares. What will become of these people without rights? Will they be able to plead for asylum from Gitmo? Will they be forced or sold into slavery? Tortured? And you're right--this horrific behavior by the US gov't can apply to both citizens as well as non-citizens. Just think of this as an opening to all that is coming for all of us in the near future if we don't stop it now. *shudder*
What is the motivation for using Guantánamo Bay? We've already seen examples of immigrants without criminal records being sent there. Is it really to up the ante against the cartel or other organized crime, or might it simply be, given Guantánamo Bay's checkered past, a means of striking fear in the hearts of undocumented immigrants.
All law enforcement actions against people present in the United States should occur entirely within the legal borders of the United States.