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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed. I don't see the Constitution giving criminal illegal immigrants the right to representation. That's a right given to citizens. [/quote]

How do you know they are illegal if they aren't given a fair hearing?

BTW, here is the 6th amendment to the US constitution
[i]
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.[/i]

It says the accused. Nowhere does it mention citizenship. If there is any rationale for denying this right in an immigration proceeding, it is the argument that such proceeding is NOT a criminal prosecution, but a civil matter.

But that would seem to contradict the idea that all illegal immigrants are ipso facto criminals.[/quote]

This is a federal question, immigration proceedings are federal proceedings, and you just quoted the US Constitution, not the Maryland Constitution.  Whether detainees have a right to representation in a federal immigration proceeding is irrelevant - if they do, then it is the US government's responsibility to pick up the tab.  But nowhere is there a constitutional right to have an attorney in a federal proceeding provided by and paid for with county funds.  That's ridiculous.

As one of those high income Montgomery County taxpayers - I can't move right now.  But there's a pretty good chance once my kids finish school we're out.  And that isn't so far away.  [/quote]

You should move to Louisianna. They keep black prisoners in jail that should be paroled because the "good ones" wash their car.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/louisiana-sheriff-steve-prator-prisoners_us_59dfa0bee4b0fdad73b2cded

You would fit in great there.

[b]Have you ever thought, why are we deporting people that are not criminals. If we didn't deport non-criminals, they would not need lawyers[/b].[/quote]

Perhaps because they are in this country illegally.  In other words, it is against our laws. 
And, while the Constitution calls that they have the “assistance of counsel,” nowhere - NOWHERE - does it call for that counsel to be funded by taxpayers.  [/quote]

The Supreme Court had held that accused charged with a felony (among others) are required to be provided counsel at the government's expense.  [/quote]

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