LIGHEDER:
Warrantless arrests & searches:
We are witnessing what certainly resemembles those horrible events from
85–90 years ago! In a democracy, in most cases (unless certain specific
conditions exist) a court-issued warrant is required to perform many
types of searches, and many arrests. Over and over again, it has been
revealed, ICE often uses masks and hoods to cover their face and
identity, often not even showing any identification of proof of their
authority! When this becomes widespread, no one is safe, because it
means we are accepting the concept of a Police State, and accepting the diminishment of basic democratic rights, freedoms and privileges. This is exactly what the Gestapo and the Brownshirts
often did, and soon, Nazi Germany and other nations where the Nazis
invaded and took control, the reduction in many of these rights. It
clearly violate ths concepts such as: No one above the law; equal rights
and protections of/from the law/justice; legal protections regarding
search and seizure, etc.; human rights; free speech; right to
protest/assemble; etc.
Suspending legal rights: Basic democratic concepts and legal rights, such as the right to counsel, being read one’s Miranda rights,
imprisonment without court appearance to plea, and/or be read the
charges, no steps towards trial, etc., have apparently been suspended
for many of those detained by ICE. In some cases,
even the right to inform one’s family of where you are being detained,
etc., have been eliminated. Some use as an excuse/explanation, this is
being done because there is an emergency, where so-called violent,
dangerous undocumented individuals, yet the reality is in Trump’s nearly
4 1/2 months im office, there have been fewer deportations than in his
predecessor, Joe Biden’s similar period, last year! Dangerous criminals
should be deported, but if we suspend habeas corpus and due process, we
are violating the basic principles, this nation was founded on!
Concentration camps on foreign soil:
If this President studied history, he might not act as he is. One of
the darkest stains in US history was the detention camps, in California,
where we held Japanese-Americans during World War II. Perhaps, he would
have learned from the horrific crimes against humanity during the
Holocaust, when anyone who potentially disagreed with the Fuhrer were
arrested, and sent to those camps! Perhaps, Donald Trump would take to
heart the famous poems from the German cleric, which most of us, refer
to as, They came for… When ICE and the DOJ,
against court orders, sent people to similar facilities, in El Salvador
and other places, without any of the rights or legal protections, it
sure seemed like the atrocities from the past!
No habeas corpus: Every true democracy since the Magna Carta
(1215) has enshrined and protected the concept and right, referred to
as habeas corpus, and its associated due process protections! In the
USA, it is enshrined, and clearly state, every individual within this
nation (citizen or not) was entitled to these protections. Of course,
Nazi Germany did not do so, and now, ICE and Trump’s DOJ, Department of Homeland Security, and State Department
seem quite willing to neglect these protections, using the false
premise they are only provided to US citizens, even though, the Courts
have, thus far, clearly ruled against the Trump government’s approaches.
Little to no government oversight: One of the key components and concepts of our Declaration of Independence and US Constitution is the checks and balances, created by the Balance of Powers.
We keep seein what seems like executive overreach, where the President
and his minions seem enabled by the SCOTUS Presidential immunity ruling,
and Trump appears to feel he is above the law. Tradionally, Presidents
have appointed Cabinet members and advisors, who have specific
experiences and expertise, to make government agencies operate more
smoothly, and in accordance with our traditions, and the greater good.
Supposedly, the DOJ and the AG and FBI
Director are supposed to be the people’s attorney and law enforcement
overlookers, but both Bondi and Patel have been behaving more like
Trump’s personal attorney that as AG, and Patel has seemed to simply
follow orders without questioning. That’s how Hitler, so quickly gained
power and control, and demanded outright loyalty. In our democracy,
those in government take an oath to the Constitution, and NOT any
President!