People who choose detention: What does good look like?

Things that are not part of politics happening presently and how we approach or address it as Anabaptists.
Bootstrap
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Re: People who choose detention: What does good look like?

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JohnH wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:19 pm Immigration law isn’t about punishment, period. Detention and removal aren’t punishments for doing something wrong.
I agree, that's how it should be.

So if he is already in the system waiting for a hearing, and he is not a danger or a flight risk, I don't think there's any need to separate him from his family or force him to live in these conditions. We have heard a lot about what those conditions are like.

The next step should be a hearing.
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Re: People who choose detention: What does good look like?

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Bootstrap wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:19 pm
I agree, that's how it should be.

So if he is already in the system waiting for a hearing, and he is not a danger or a flight risk,
He’s a fugitive from justice. That’s the definition of a flight risk.
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