Of course the purpose of the money was to steer future administration contracts
I think he was trying to help them get contracts now. The likelihood of a 2nd Trump admin seemed quite remote for most of the Biden term. The people who review the proposals and submissions doesn't really change admin to admin. It a technical specialty of part of the bureaucracy. The are tons of contractors out there that specialize in federal paperwork regarding contracts, grants, etc. Its a weird process and insider knowledge can make a huge difference. I see it all the time in academia, hiring a contractor to help write a grant proposal is common.
doesn't affect the fact that he was taking fast food bags stuffed with cash. That's weird no matter what job he had at the time.
I've done freelance software development. Some guy has three auto repair shops and wants a custom piece of software to help track parts and tools flowing between them. I estimate $3,000. He wants to pay cash. Weird, but I say sure and go buy one of those pens that verifies the ink of real currency.
Wrong (see, two can play at this idiotic game of just writing a single word vehement denial without specific reference to anything).
Read past the one word to the explanation that follows.
What I said about them not being part of the judicial branch is entirely true. They are so called 'administrative judges" and really should be considered in the same league as judges at a pie eating contest.
What you said was irrelevant. The Supreme Court has ruled that "due process" is sometimes an administrative process. And immigration based decisions have often been an administrative process for centuries.
Yes, the vast number of fake asylum claims have really screwed up the system.
Oh. Uh huh. Right, sure.
They take time. They contribute to the delays. Economic migrants are often coached as to what to say. The statistics on denial speak for themselves, even under liberal administrations with normal immigrations rates. Let alone the Biden era flood that swamped a system designed for the more normal rates.
You are confusing required to honor with actually honoring. They use various workarounds, like rushing people to airports to make it a fait accompli, ...
Nope. You claimed "judges have handled all this time often by simultaneously issuing a "final order of removal" and a stay on that order at the same time".
What you refer to is an extreme outlier where a judges "stay" order had not been sent to CBP until the civilian charter plane had left US territorial airspace and was in international airspace approaching its destination. A US judge has no authority to order a civilian aircraft in international airspace to return to the US. Then there is the issue of fuel, as it was nearing its destination the aircraft may not have had the fuel for a return.
and of course the classic of simply coercing people to "choose" to deport through various dirty tactics including ones that look a whole lot like human rights violations.
Fines forgiven, free transport, $3,000, may return in the future for legal immigration?
The fact that Homan is trying to pretend that it's all about stopping illegal immigration when a large part of what they are doing is throwing a monkey wrench into what would otherwise be legal immigration. For example, revoking green cards on the spot for things that don't meet the traditional crimes of moral torpitude standard.
Crossing the border at a place other than a "port of entry" has never been legal. Not even under liberal administration. There is a legal process. It requires showing up at a port of entry, identifying oneself, being interviewed, having a health screening, etc. As we did at Ellis Island for millions of legal immigrants.
