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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
1). I’m not a criminal lawyer, but I’m not aware of any 24 hour limit in the US.
2). The question you present is not the same when dealing with an unaccompanied minor (and also mixes criminal procedure with what should be a civil violation, and excessively long detention in a criminal procedure context could result in evidence suppression or outright dismissal of charges—not sure how that is analogous to an immigration stay).
Again, once the 72 hour limit passes, what do you propose be done with the children? Throw them out on the streets of El Paso (where they might fall in love with a Mexican girl . . .)? Put them up with some foster parents (presumably, there are only so many to go around and their houses have capacity limits)?
I don’t think that the children are being held for a period of time just because the immigration courts are busy, but also (or maybe rather) because there is nowhere for the children to go.
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Nah, it's a pretty easy question to answer, so just answer it. Use California for an example if you want where the limit if 48 hours. Are you fine with being detained for a couple weeks beyond that? Do you think that would be fine, generally, if people were just detained by police for a few weeks without being charged?
The point is that the timeline is not arbitrary. It's there for a reason. And the solution isn't about what you do after the timeline has passed, the solution is do what you need to do to carry out the process within the legal timeframe you are to carry out that process. Do not exceed the timeframe, that is your job. Not all children get to enter the US, it's not like they're just waiting around for spots to place them on the US side of the border, it's that the process is taking too long, which is creating a backlog, which means kids are being kept in unfit conditions for weeks at a time.
I've never seen people argue so adamantly against the notion that the US should fix their ####. I guess the greatest country in the world is doing the best job they can. No room for improvement. It's either this or put the kids on the street. How myopic.