It costs money, and the low hanging fruits of deportation are low-income families/individuals.
> In case of (1) can't they be taken to court? In case of (2) aren't immigration laws there for a reason
Police, courts and administration work until they don't. There have been cases of people arrested just because of racial profiling, which fits into Trump's racial vision.
The emblematic case IMO, has been the high-profile instance of an American citized deported because of an administrative mistake (!!); Trump has openly refused to apologize or take corrective action (!!!).
The real problem, if one accepts Oliver’s criticisms, is that this is not about law, it's about racial cleansing.
> can't they be taken to court?
It costs money, and the low hanging fruits of deportation are low-income families/individuals.
> In case of (1) can't they be taken to court? In case of (2) aren't immigration laws there for a reason
Police, courts and administration work until they don't. There have been cases of people arrested just because of racial profiling, which fits into Trump's racial vision.
The emblematic case IMO, has been the high-profile instance of an American citized deported because of an administrative mistake (!!); Trump has openly refused to apologize or take corrective action (!!!).
The real problem, if one accepts Oliver’s criticisms, is that this is not about law, it's about racial cleansing.