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Summary

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding details on plans to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportation program.

The lawsuit follows ICE’s failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed in August.

The ACLU seeks information on ICE’s chartered flights, transportation contracts, and facilities potentially used for deportations.

Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and plans to declare a national emergency to activate military resources.

Advocates warn the program could devastate immigrant communities. Investigations are ongoing.

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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 26 points 9 hours ago

And ICE right now doesn't take orders from Trump... They take orders from that other guy. The ACLU knows this because they understand constitutional law. They're not looking for the concrete deportation plans; they want general background on what the infrastructure looks like, so they can file challenges with the correct factual details quickly if shit does kick off.

For example, if they get the tail numbers on all the planes they can track them in flightaware or in a worse case by recruiting spotters. If they want to file a lawsuit, they're gonna need to know some details about who got sent where and when.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 hours ago

And, it's also more likely that the Biden administration will cooperate giving them the information they'd need to take legal action under Trump.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Biden does not control ICE, it’s a rogue agency that he was too pathetic to pull the plug on.

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