As for prosecutorial discretion (eg, the whole dreamers thing), the ACLU and others are challenging Trumps power to change that as well.  It’s much less about the legalities and more about the outcomes.

Thanks for the link.

Insightful.  You should join the ACLU’s legal team.

Errr....

Right, which is why these “stings” are limited in the class of people that they are being applied to.

It seems the Obama administration was the one confusing regulations and prosecutorial discretion. The law is clear that these folks are subject to deportation - even the sobbiest of the stories was about a women who had a final deportation order issued against her, that she evaded for a decade. A regulation can’t…

To the extent that “Obama era regulations” directed ICE to not enforce the law, that doesn’t change the law. These are people who were ordered deported, or were deported and then illegally reentered, or are criminals (above and beyond their immigration crimes). They are subject to deportation - which is what ICE…

“already been ordered for deportation, had re-entered the country illegally or were considered “an egregious criminal alien.”

Uncle Mike, is that you?  I asked you to stop being so mean to me.

Show me ONE picture of kids in cages under Trump.  Just one.

Perhaps he is. So are MANY politicos. But (close) family members going after them in personal, ad hominem attacks, is still a dick move, IMO. But it’s ok I guess because Trump is an asshole too. That’s pretty much the “whataboutism” you seem eager to dismiss as per se unacceptable.

You brought up “kids in cages” which was under the prior administration. There have been ZERO incidents under the current administration (at least that I’ve seen). How is that “whataboutism”? It’s actually more of a “your premise is wrong” or “you are pissed at the wrong people” or “you have no clue what you are…

Humanitarian concerns were part of the reason for the policy. They wanted to discourage the flood of people crossing with young children in the hope that would get them a better outcome (release instead of detention). Yes, the attempt at deterrence by separation was harsh, but it was a reasonable policy decision. The…

Oh and the “Kids in cages” was under Obama.  Just saying.  I kinda doubt he wrote an indignant OpEd back then.  And I can assure you no major newspaper would have published it if he did.

No, he writes an inane OpEd, making silly points about immigration 100 years ago and then goes off PERSONALLY on his nephew (how no one in the family likes him). Yes, that makes him an asshole.  Perhaps the asshole gene is common in the family.

An Uncle going after his nephew (in starkly personal terms) because of political differences sounds like kind of an asshole.

Trump saying crazy shit on tape will surely doom him THIS TIME!

The other factor that goes into it for many people is student loans.  If a good bit of your income is going to go to pay those loans, it very well might make sense to prioritize maximizing overall income, even if housing costs are high.

Given that DeVos has spent a large amount of her own time and money on efforts to improve education, the headline seems a tad overwrought.

That, and illegally carrying a gun, and fleeing from police, and refusing to drop the gun he was carrying.