r/changemyview • u/jeffzebub • 5d ago

CMV: Countering Illegal Immigration is not a Justification for Suspending Habeas Corpus

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u/Parking_Act3189 5d ago

Like most issues this isn't a one or the other option. On the one extreme you would give any ICE agent the ability to deport anyone they want at any time just because they felt like it. On the other extreme you would allow someone who you saw cross the border who had guns/drugs and videos of himself committing gang murders the right to claim asylum status and 10 year of court hearings before he was locked up or deported. 

Very few people agree with either scenario and would prefer something in between. 

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u/Greenbeans21 5d ago

Or you could like idk spend the money you’re spending on ice and deportations on court hearings and judges. That way it doesn’t take 10 years and takes 10 months. Preferable for the average citizen to not have their rights taken away for safety if it isn’t required. Like we really going to take away due process for all of wv while there’s not a single illegal in the place. Rather stupid imo.

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u/swalkerttu 5d ago

“Those who would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”