I encourage you to read the government's appeal to the DC Circuit Court. It is terrifying. <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69742127/01208720432/jgg-v-donald-trump/" rel="nofollow">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69742127/01208720432/jg...</a><p>The government is saying that it can declare that transnational crime is an "invasion" under the Alien Enemies Act, and that the courts cannot review this decision. Therefore, they can arrest, deport, or transfer to a prison in a third country, any non-citizen and the courts have no power to intervene or review the decision.<p>Transnational crime will always exist, and it is present in many countries. So if you're a citizen of Italy and a lawful permanent resident of the US, they can arrest you, accuse you of being in the mafia, and send you to a prison in El Salvador, and you will have no legal recourse. I don't even think they would need that fig leaf since the courts would have no power to review their actions.
This really ought to be allowed a discussion here on HN. Given the influence that SV and tech culture has within the administration and that industry's reliance on a large number of foreign workers and those in the US who started as such and became permanent residents and naturalized citizens, it is not without relevance here. Ditto the common thread in conversations here regarding a productive "move fast and break things" approach, when it becomes non-productive, and its current rapid application to US governmental changes directly from this industry.<p>yes, it will get heated and there will in all likelihood be trolls and flames but also valid discussion, even if headway isn't made on anyone with an entrenched position, since we will all at least see a bit more detail and justification for those positions. If it can't be discussed, at least briefly for significant events of this sort if not for continuing coverage, that would be a pretty awful statement about this community and the influence to it. I'm more optimistic about that, but if that optimism doesn't show at least some small fruit amidst some toxicity well, that too is important to know about the current state of an industry that's supposed to be on the forefront of change and advancement.