Why Trump Must Tread Carefully in Deportation Cases Against Legal Aliens

Author’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles on the Trump administration’s effort to remove several legal aliens based on a finding by the secretary of state, under Section 1227 of federal immigration law, that their continued presence in the United States “would have potentially serious foreign policy consequences.”

Rich Lowry is right: Rumeysa Ozturk, one of the notable legal aliens arrested by Trump immigration-law enforcers with an eye toward removing her from the United States, was not “disappeared” or “kidnapped.” She was lawfully arrested, in the same manner that Mahmoud Khalil was lawfully arrested.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Author’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles on the Trump administration’s effort to remove several legal aliens based on a finding by the secretary of state, under Section 1227 of federal immigration law, that their continued presence in the United States “would have potentially serious foreign policy consequences.”

Rich Lowry is right: Rumeysa Ozturk, one of the notable legal aliens arrested by Trump immigration-law enforcers with an eye toward removing her from the United States, was not “disappeared” or “kidnapped.” She was lawfully arrested, in the same manner that Mahmoud Khalil was lawfully arrested.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.