U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
nbcnews.comDiscussion (133 points, 2 hours ago, 63 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43721170
This discussion is flagged but in the interest of transparency and for anyone who stumbles across this thread it's good to know that this person has now been released:
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u-s-citizen-released-f...
and
https://bsky.app/profile/llanosjackie.bsky.social/post/3ln2a...
Why is this flagged. Should not be flagged
Disgusting, un-American, and unconstitutional.
From the original article:
"Based on her inspection of his birth certificate and Social Security card, Riggans said she found no probable cause for the charge. However, the state prosecutor insisted the court lacked jurisdiction over Lopez-Gomez’s release because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had formally asked the jail to hold him."
I wonder what the betting market odds are on the possibility that the Trump administration will use this as a test case for deporting a US citizen?
Then they will realize there is nowhere to deport him to. Soon, an ICE processing center becomes a general concentration camp...
El Salvodor has offered to jail US Citizens. Law alone is unlikely to stop the attempt.
Well, law alone hasn't stopped presidents from bombing citizens, so I don't see how it'd stop them from deporting them, either.
I mean, Trump also probably asked? https://apnews.com/article/trump-citizens-prison-el-salvador...
Should not be flagged.