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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by anigbrowl on Sunday February 12, 2017 @06:15PM (#13631744)
CBP have deported US citizens in the past. 'Accidentally,' of course. Fun fact: if you are mistakenly placed in immigration detention, you're not automatically entitled to a hearing until 6 months have passed, so you'd better hope someone knows to file a habeas petition on your behalf.

In fact you're not automatically entitled to a hearing at all, but that was the working compromise established last time this ended up in court. Given the new administration's adversarial posture towards the judicial branch on the question of immigration reviewability, this is likely to change for the worse.

. https://www.law360.com/articles/720066/2nd-circ-sets-6-month...

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by benevol on Monday February 13, 2017 @01:03AM (#13633431)
> CBP have deported US citizens in the past. 'Accidentally,' of course.

And to think that there are actually still people attracted to such a system and wanting to immigrate. It is amazing.

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Re:A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until... by vertex-four on Monday February 13, 2017 @04:28AM (#13634111)
The US (and a large number of companies built around helping people emigrate to the US) puts a lot of effort into marketing, and frankly speaking, it's not a lot worse than most places people emigrate to the US from.
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