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2016 Postmortem

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7. No they aren't

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 05:09 PM

Aug 2016

Deportation is a civil penalty. This is why there is no sixth amendment right to counsel in deportation courts.

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This is a non-statement lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #1

+1 True. OnDoutside Aug 2016 #8

No they aren't treestar Aug 2016 #7

That distinction will be lost on the tRumpentator lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #9

Let's make it plainer, Deport all 11 or so million. Iliyah Aug 2016 #2

lol nothing new to that at all treestar Aug 2016 #6