BC – I read your link about Lebron. The guy was a non-citizen detained on alleged immigration violations. Not quite the same as a dissident citizen imprisoned for his politics. In fact, the article doesn’t say what Lebron’s politics were (if any), or what country he’s a citizen of. Presumably he could have gotten out of jail right away had he agreed to be deported back to that country. All that said, he had lawyers (otherwise, what “legal expenses” would there have been?) And he had his day in court.
But all that said, an injustice may have been done to the man; the article simply doesn’t have enough information for me to be sure. I do know that the immigration system can be very picky and hyper-bureaucratic even in the best of times. These are not the best of times. If you believe Obama is going to tell them not to dot the I’s and cross the T’s, think again. Hopefully you won’t turn out to be one of those “Leftists” like Ralph Nader who has just now derided Obama as an “Uncle Tom.”
