So I just read this wild story about a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, who got pulled over in Florida, charged under DeSantis’ new immigration law, and then ended up being held in jail on an ICE detainer—even after his mom showed up with his birth certificate and Social Security card in court. The judge dropped the charge but said she couldn’t release him because ICE wanted to take him. He was born in North Carolina.
Look, I support deporting people who are here illegally, no doubt about that. But damn, this feels like a serious overreach. If the government can just toss a citizen into ICE detention without doing their homework, that’s a big red flag for liberty and due process.
Fellow libertarians, how do you square strong border enforcement with making sure stuff like this doesn’t happen? Where’s the line between securing the border and protecting our own from government screwups?
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