At 10:17 PM -0700 11/18/97, Colin A. Reed wrote:
I think the most important constitutional protection is that of due-process. Thus we need to have a court proceeding to determine that they really are in the US without a valid visa before we can bus them out.
It's called a "Green Card," popularly. (Remember those, "Aliens, remember that you must report to the Alien Landing Terminal every January.") No court proceeding is needed to deport illegal aliens, save for a perfunctory classification hearing to determine whether or not they have a Green Card. I hope you were not suggesting a long drawn-out court case, with lawyers paid for by the taxpayers, to decide that which is patently obvious? --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."