Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
Could you please clarify what you mean in step one? It sounds like you are saying a deportation comes first then a hearing is held. Did you mean to say the word detained?
Not everyone accused of immigration crimes receives a hearing in front of an immigration judge. They have been using a fast track system more and more that allows an officer to make the decision instead of a judge and where no lawyer is allowed.
I just feel like immigration crime should be treated like any other crime. The same due process rules should apply to all alleged criminal activity.
These aren't steps but several differnent reasons to be deported.
In #1 that is a convicted criminal. Felonies and misdeamonors are deportable offenses. They get a hearing with their attorney in immigration court. If the judge finds grounds that person is deportable.
The next are people being deported after a final order of deportation has been given. The illegal getes a hearing with an attorney with an immigration judge. If the judge determines there are grounds for deportation they get deported. If the illegal doesn't show up for the hearing they forfeit their hearing rights.
In spite of what some people claim; nobody gets deported without a hearing. So they get due process. And immigration courts are legal.