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> "Innocent until proven guilty" doesnt apply to arrest.

Yes it absolutely does. Cops need more than just a hunch before they can arrest someone. They need clear articulable evidence that the person they are arresting more than likely committed a crime. That's what the 4th amendment protects.

For obvious reasons, we don't just allow cops to go out and arrest people on no grounds. Only ICE seems to get that benefit.

> There were certainly done in the case of these 36.

No it wasn't, they wouldn't be arrested if it was done before.

> who associate with non-US citizens illegally in the country

We have the freedom of association (1st amendment and NAACP v. Alabama). There's no such thing as "illegal association".

> This indicates you aren't aware of the issues involved.

Oh I'm aware that there are a number of racist people who want mass deportation and don't care who gets swept up in it. The problem they have is you can't do mass deportation and due process, which is why ICE has abandoned due process. So, people like yourself defend that abrogation because you like the thought of a few more mexicans being thrown into CECOT.

We can stop pretending that's not the "issues involved".

parent cogman10 27 days ago

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