Masked homeland security abducting foreign graduate student from Tufts

Because they can do anything they want with no repercussions.

That's it, that's all there is.

Because all of their claims are pig shit. I am personally one to extend a large assumption of good faith. And I'm not some Democratic partisan but rather a libertarian who would say "both sides" as recently as 2020. But after years of steelmanning and trying to engage with where they are coming from, at this point the dynamic is irrefutable - claiming to want freedom of speech, claiming other American freedoms like gun rights, claiming to want law and order, claiming to care about spending or inflation, claiming to want small government, claiming to want accountability, draping themselves in the flag while claiming to love this country, claiming to be the victims of their fellow citizens' unwarranted criticism - all of these references to lofty ideals are just to abuse good people's assumption of good faith while running interference for autocratic authoritarianism, red in tooth and claw, as they burn this country to the ground with their whiny grievance politics.

I think this highlights how unconstitutional this administration is being. When the news first broke, nobody knew and it made sense not to put a guess in a headline.

Now they’ve responded with some very strong accusations which could be included because they’re actually saying something in public about it:

> DHS and (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans. A visa is a privilege, not a right. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated. This is commonsense security.

Of course, none of this is warranted - there’s no active threat and they could have followed the legal process but based on how quickly they moved her to Louisiana I suspect they’re hoping to blow off the court orders long enough to get her out of the country.

Are you implying that this is somehow exonerative of the government? Or even adds meaningful nuance?

We happen to have a thing called the First Amendment. Whatever she said, or whatever the press published, is constitutionally permissible.

Thank you.

EDIT: As per post below, other thread is sadly flagged. Since this is a very serious escalation of attacks on due process I've removed my request to close this new thread.

Also thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43488916

Right. That was also on behalf of a foreign country. Like this.