Deportions

The current controversy concerning the rounding up of migrants is sometimes presented as a human rights violation but that depends on the details. Here is information to support this reasoning. From the National Civil Liberties Union During the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, immigration authorities deported more than 3 million people, 75% of whom did not see a judge or have the opportunity to plead their case. From NPR Annually, between 58% and 84% of these removals were so-called "summary removals" carried out through legal procedures such as "expedited removal" and "reinstatement of removal," which do not involve a hearing before an immigration judge. On average, about 74% of removals during this period fell into these categories. Trump is using “expedited removal” just as Obama did. Last week a federal judge temporarily blocked the expedited removal, a ruling that will likely be resolved by the Supreme Court. Expedited removal was challenged under the Obama administration but there were no large protests. One reason was that Obama turned around many migrants at the border so it required less rounding up.