On Monday, a century-old tradition that allowed Canadians and Americans to freely access the front entrance (located in Vermont) of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House that straddles Vermont and Quebec will come to an end. The US is now demanding Canadians create/update an emergency exit on the Canadian side for an entrance to the Library. ""It's been in effect for 104 years, and suddenly, with this new administration, it's not," said Sonia De Paoli, 71, a Canadian who moved to the area from Montreal after she retired. The board of trustees for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House consists of 4 Americans and 3 Canadians.
"There were plane loads of people. There were no procedures in place to notify people," Judge Patricia Millett said. "Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act." Judge Millett noted that alleged Nazis were given hearing boards and subject to established regulations, while the alleged members of Tren De Aragua were given no such rights.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a billionaire, said his 94-year-old mother-in-law wouldn't even think about complaining if she didn't receive her Social Security check. She'd just think "oh they messed up, it'll be here next month." ... By the Social Security Administration's own estimates, of all beneficiaries over age 65, some 12% of men and 15% of women get at least 90% of their monthly income from Social Security. read more
"The U.S. authorities denied entry to the (French) scientist and then deported him because his phone contained message exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed his "personal opinion" on the Trump administration's science policies, Mr. Baptiste (France's minister for higher education and research) said." read more
"More than 34,000 people filled Denver's Civic Center Park for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally Friday evening. The speeches were the largest, in a week that saw Democrats host various events and town halls across the state...Friday, more than 11,000 people flocked to the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley." GREELY, Colorado (Weld county) where Trump won by 21pts.
But, how does that view align with Due Process for the accused?
As the judge asked the DOJ today, what would I do if I was swept up, put on a plane, sent to El Salvador? When would I contest it? Where is my due process? How would I get someone to listen to me?
There has been no evidence that any of those sent to El Salvador were ever brought before a judge, given due process, or even that the US Government did anything even close to due diligence in determining who was on the plane going to El Salvador.