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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly asked the Pentagon to provide military lawyers to help prosecute illegal immigration cases along the southern border.
MSNBCs Rachel Maddow reported Wednesday night that the DOJ requested active-duty Judge Advocate Generals (JAGs) be dispatched to border states to assist with the influx of illegal immigration cases.
Maddow said the JAGs will serve six-month shifts as special assistant U.S. attorneys in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. The Defense Department has agreed to the request, Maddow reported.
BREAKING: DOJ sending active duty military lawyers, or "JAGs," to at least 6 cities along the Texas-Mexico border to prosecute migrants, @maddow reports on @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/u8Cb07NsV9 MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 21, 2018
The DOJ's request comes amid an ongoing crackdown from the Trump administration on illegal immigration.
Earlier this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, stating that federal agents would "aggressively" prosecute migrants crossing the U.S.Mexico border illegally.
That policy led to the separation of thousands of children from their families at the border.
After days of growing outrage from both sides of the aisle, President Trump gave in to pressure on Wednesday, signing an executive order that would allow families to be detained together.
The executive order marked a sharp reversal for Trump and administration officials who had stated repeatedly that the issue of family separation could only be addressed by Congress.
The infusion of additional prosecutors would be the latest instance of the DOJ dispatching more personnel to address border crimes.
Sessions announced in May he was sending 35 additional U.S. state attorneys and 18 immigration judges to the southern border to handle the expected arrival of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States.
Poster Comment:
Keep in mind that Lindsey Graham was JAG lawyer. Can you say "Reconquista"?
This is a good thing. Quick visit with the judge, then deport.
The sooner you deport these kids and their criminal parents, guardians, pedo kidnappers, or whatever, the sooner the family can be reunited in their homeland.
#1: rlk To: hondo68 (#0)
Good thinking!
rlk posted on 2018-06-21 01:59:15 Reply Private Reply
#2: treeingwalkercoonhound To: hondo68 (#0)
treeingwalkercoonhound posted on 2018-06-21 09:02:19 Reply Private Reply
#3: Hondo68 To: treeingwalkercoonhound (#2)
If it's just some minor infraction like pissing on an endangered species, President Trump can give them a pardon to facilitate deportation.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-06-21 09:30:13 Reply Private Reply
#4: nolu chan To: treeingwalkercoonhound (#2)
Not so when they request asylum. That is why they are being taught to request asylum.
This is not correct. Aliens at the border have very limited rights.
They all (or nearly all) plead guilty and the court proceeding takes a few minutes while they herd a group in, accept their guilty pleas, and herd them out. They get sentenced to time served and get turned over for deportation.
Pleading not guilty is not a winner, and means remaining detained awaiting trial. And then they will be deported. They just take the deportation and unlawfully enter again until they are not caught.
A person attempting to enter at a border crossing point, or who has recently entered unlawfully, may be deported without a hearing if an immigration officer determines he or she,
A request for asylum due to claimed credible fear of return requires a hearing to resolve. That is why they are scripted to claim they fear return.
nolu chan posted on 2018-06-21 11:36:15 Reply Private Reply
#5: nolu chan To: hondo68, treeingwalkercoonhound (#3)
The infraction being spoken of is unlawful entry. It is a misdemeanor.
nolu chan posted on 2018-06-21 11:37:13 Reply Private Reply
#6: Hondo68 To: nolu chan, dont fear the Moonbeams (#5)
California needs JAG's too. Sessions needs to deport the California AG, or at least check his immigration status.
Looks like Trump & Sessions are afraid of Governor Jerry Moonbeam Brown and his "dream student" AG, Xavier Becerra.
CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra
Hondo68 posted on 2018-06-21 13:52:39 Reply Private Reply