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Re:State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' St... by woodruffw on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:43AM (#43306595)
You’re right that it has to cite a legal reason. It happens that one of those legal reasons is endorsing or espousing the views of entities designated by the US as terrorists[1].

But again, I cannot emphasize enough how much all of this is pretextual: the people doing this don’t give a damn about Hamas, or anti-Semitism, or anything else. It’s about deporting people, full stop.

[1]: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-inf...

Re:State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' St... by drivingmenuts on Sunday March 09, 2025 @08:50AM (#43308673)
It wouldn't matter anyway, because it seems one of the tenets of this particular government is:

Sure, there's a law. Try and enforce it.

Unless I'm mistaken, all the agencies with the power to arrest a member of the Executive branch, lie within the Executive branch itself and they are all controlled, or soon will be controlled, by persons appointed by the President. All of these persons are expected to be more faithful to the current President than to the Constitution.

Which means: even if Congress wanted to stop him, there's nothing that it can do to enforce that.

Re:State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' St... by ty6853 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @09:18AM (#43308860)
Supreme Court Marshalls can enforce the courts order (and arrest) and answer to the court rather than the executive/ DOJ. Only federal police I can think of outside the executive branch that would have the power to do it.
Re:State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' St... by _DeadFred_ on Sunday March 09, 2025 @02:56PM (#43312406)
The Judicial branch has US Probation and Pretrial as an armed internal branch with legal powers.
Re:State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' St... by tantalor on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:47PM (#43310914)
Thanks, that's a good point.

I wonder what is the process for that finding. Is a court involved?

It should not be unilateral decision by state department.

Re:State Department Will Use AI to Search for 'Pro-Hamas' St... by woodruffw on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:24PM (#43311350)
> I wonder what is the process for that finding. Is a court involved?

My understanding is that the State Department can revoke a visa without any court involvement. There's a waiver process, but that process also entirely sidesteps the courts.

> It should not be unilateral decision by state department.

I agree completely.