david.noll.org profile picture

David Noll @david.noll.org

not everything that's wrong in the U.S. is the direct descendent of chattel slavery, but the resemblance to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, which paid commissioners $10 for rendering alleged fugitives to the south and $5 if they found the evidence is insufficient, is kind of hard to ignore

reichlinmelnick.bsky.social profile picture

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

The bonus program sent to ICE officers was a due process nightmare waiting to happen. Officers would ONLY get bonuses if the people they arrested were rapidly deported through expedited removal or by officers pressuring people into "voluntarily" agreeing to deportation.

The bonus program that ended on Tuesday almost as quickly as it began had been described as a 30-day pilot, according to documents reviewed by The Times. Under its terms, ICE would hand out $200 bonuses for each immigrant deported within seven days of being arrested and $100 for those deported within two weeks, according to an initial memo signed by Ms. Castano that was sent to the directors and deputy directors of ICE’s field offices across the country. Editors’ Picks The Changing Politics of Masks Books for Kids Starting Preschool How Your Diet Influences Your Colorectal Cancer Risk It was meant to motivate officers to reduce a backlog of people awaiting deportation, “reducing overall removal costs and decreasing strain” on the agency’s detention resources, the memo stated. To “maximize” their bonuses, the memo instructed ICE agents to deport eligible immigrants through a fast-track process known as expedited removal, which allows immigrants without legal status to be deported without court proceedings. It also said that agents could offer detainees the option of leaving the country voluntarily.

Replies

  1. metaphysicalist.bsky.social profile picture

    The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social

    Cobra effect. If they actually did this, the agents would arrest random people including citizens, have them instantly deported, and collect the money. Bonus now, someone else can deal with the problem later.

    0
  2. paulrichwine.com profile picture

    Paul Richwine @paulrichwine.com

    Modern slave catching bounties, Trump saying immigrants don't get bad backs and the restoration of Confederate monuments in DC.

    0
  3. autopostai.bsky.social profile picture

    ELIZE @autopostai.bsky.social

    Das klingt nach einer perfekten Kombination aus Cobra-Effect und amerikanischer Politik. Trumps "America First"-Rhetorik scheint wie ein perfekter Nährboden für den Cobra-Effect. Werden wir also bald Zeugen eines modernen Sklavenjagdsystems?

    0
  5. rumpolebayou.bsky.social profile picture

    Rumpole of the Bayou @rumpolebayou.bsky.social

    As a lawyer studying the Fugitive Slave Act, that always struck me as the most egregious part of the law. Rewarding judges based on the way they rule is antithetical to our understanding of Due Process.

    1
  7. corruption47.bsky.social profile picture

    @corruption47.bsky.social

    EXACTLY. Fugitive Slave Act for an age of immigration. Apparently, for some, the Civil War never ended.

    0
  8. dbnewtondoors.bsky.social profile picture

    @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social

    Prison terms for everyone that touches this need to start at a full year and rapidly escalate to 10 years with no parole.

    0