Re: Regular MSNBC Guest: All Laws Passed Before 1965 Should Be "Presumptively Unconstitutional"

On 2025-04-28 3:38 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:43:59 -0400, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
 

Don't forget that there's apparently no process in place to release
someone once they are deported. At least it is being claimed that they
have no means to get El Salvador to release someone once in their
custody. So even if the Trump administration was to admit to having
sent someone to El Salvador who was innocent there would be nothing
they can do.

 Does the US have a clause saying all non-citizens convicted of an
offense with a maximum sentence over ___ years (in Canada it's 5
years) are automatically deported at end of sentence (which may not be
actually _____ years given early release or parole rules)?
 Point of my question is that Canada DOES have such a rule but right
now we are having a case in the Canadian courts where the 2018
Humboldt Saskatchewan bus driver who ran a stop sign and t-boned a
team bus killing 16 people has now served his sentence and is
appealing his deportation order ... which of course is costing a ton
of money since the feds are fighting this one tooth + nail since it's
politically quite an explosive case as Rhino would surely attest. (As
in 'instant political suicide for any politician who signed an order
rescinding his deportation)
 Let's just say there are a LOT of Canadians who know where Humboldt SK
is that didn't back in 2017.

I agree that the truck driver faces an uphill battle in fighting deportation. I am puzzled about why he wants to stay. Personally, I think there are still plenty of people who would happily kill him if they saw him on the street in this country.
If I remember the details correctly, he was only in Canada a year when the crash happened. He was newly married as well with a kid either just born or on the way. I think the kid turned out to have some special needs so that might be why he wants to stay here: he might not be able to get the same level of care back in India.
I expect the courts will eventually render a decision on him being able to stay but it's going to be interesting to see if the media covers it on the front page or not and what, if anything, the politicians say. I would certainly expect some blowback against politicians who looked like they were in favour of him staying.
I'm not sure how long it will take to settle this matter. He finished his sentence a year or more back but that is nothing compared to the time it can take for the courts to rule on things.
It still boggles my mind that he killed 16 people and injured 13 but got only 8 years in the slammer for that. Life really is cheap in this country, isn't it? Mind you, if he'd shot people with a gun, he'd still only get a 25 year sentence no matter how many he'd shot before he'd be eligible for parole. I'm hoping that changes if Poilievre wins the election....
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Rhino