Re: Evil Canadian aliens targetted in Trump's alien registration regulation

On 2025-04-11 2:16 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

I don't understand why systems tracking visa entries and exits aren't
sufficient for alien registration, but Trump is requiring every alien in
the country legally and illegally to register with DHS.
 This include Canadians with beady little eyes who winter in Florida, who
will now be subject to deportation for noncompliance and for not
carrying papers.
 Fingerprints are required.
 This is actually WWII-era law and incorporated into Immigration Act of
1952, but the complaint is Trump's failure to impose the regulation
under the Administrative Procedures Act. A judge has not blocked this.
 I will no longer live in fear of getting mugged and hit on the head with
a hockey stick by an undocumented Canadian.
 https://apnews.com/article/illegal-immigration-immigrant-registry-trump-homeland-security-329d9b1523792aaf5940f72948d8b48b

I've been to Chicago twice - and other parts of the US several times - and have never once hit anyone over the head with a hockey stick ;-) Did one of my compatriots rough you up?
I'm not sure if I'd count as "undocumented" though. I told the border agents either that I was on vacation or that I was attending meetings, depending on the occasion, and never had any piece of paper from the Border Patrol indicating that. All I had was my driver's license or passport.
We've had a few stories of Canadians who were detained for several days when trying to cross the border. One woman crossed the border (from Mexico) to renew her US visa and was held for a week or so before they let her go.
I don't pretend to understand what Trump/Homan/ICE are doing once it gets down to individual cases. I suspect the whole bureaucracy is in a turmoil as they try to understand just what is to be done for all the cases that AREN'T straight-forward cases of illegals sneaking over the border. I'll bet they've got very general directives to hold or deport EVERYONE that isn't a US citizen and those directives aren't sufficiently nuanced to handle other situations.
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Rhino