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Originally Posted by JPhillips
Is there any argument that shipping and dumping asylum seekers to any city isn't against the law? I know we've gotten numb to all the things Trump has said and done, but it actually is important to say this idea is illegal.
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I'm actually not following the logic on how it is against the law in the first place, unless the point you're making is that the illegal immigrants and asylum seekers should be removed from the country (the nornal GOP stance).
Assuming you're not and that your belief is that it is best to keep them here in the country (or allow them the choice to stay), then we fall back to who has control of them in the first place. That would be the federal government, under DHS/ICE/Border Patrol. They have them in custody. And they may release them in any manner which seems appripriate to them and which does not result in harm to the immigrants.
If they aren't returning them to their home countries, and they are not holding them in custody forever (presuming we're all against that), then they must be released somewhere in the country.
Is it not the prerogative of that authority to make a decision on where best to do that? Even if you question their motives (definitely in this case), isn't it clear that they have the right to determine how best to release those in their custody?
It's certainly possible even probable that there are laws detailing how this should go, but I am guessing those are federal statutes. I'm not sure those would be violated by this move.
Taking this devil's advocate argument even one step further, there is indeed some argument to be made that these immigrants are actually better off being released in sanctuary cities.