#Trump to invoke #wartime #Alien #Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out #deportations to #Guantanamo

source: cbsnews.com/news/trump-alien-e…

Those subject to the Alien Enemies Act would not be allowed to have a court hearing or an #asylum interview since they would be processed under an emergency, wartime authority — not immigration law. Instead, they would be eligible to be detained and deported, with little to no due process, under Title 50, the section of the U.S. code housing America's war and defense #laws.

#law #usa #migration #court #deportation #border #humanrights #news #politics #enemy #war

Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo

President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants.

^{Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)}

The colonial biometric legacy at heart of new #EU #asylum system

"On Wednesday (10 April), the EU is set to vote on a new set of asylum and migration reforms. Among the many controversial changes proposed in the new migration pact, one went almost unnoticed — a seemingly innocent reform of the EU's asylum database, #EURODAC.

Although framed as purely technical adjustments, the reality is far more malicious. The changes to EURODAC will massively exacerbate violence against people on the move.
Reform of this 20 year-old database will make it the technological sword of EU's hostile asylum and border policies. It will harness the most nefarious surveillance #technologies that exist to date — namely the capture, processing and analysis of biometric data — and enable EU states to have full control over #migrants' body and movements....."

via @edri
euobserver.com/opinion/158292

#Surveillance #FortressEurope #Europe #FightTheFortress

The colonial biometric legacy at heart of new EU asylum system

Collecting additional biometric data has been justified by EU policymakers because it was reported that some asylum seekers voluntarily burn or damage their fingers to alter their fingerprints and avoid identification.

^EUobserver