New York Times reports Michele Beckwith’s firing came after she reminded Border Patrol to comply with courts

New York Times reports Michele Beckwith’s firing came after she reminded Border Patrol to comply with courts

Donald Trump fired a top federal prosecutor in Sacramento just hours after she warned immigration agents they could not indiscriminately detain people in her district, according to documents reviewed by the New York Times.

Michele Beckwith, who became the acting US attorney in Sacramento in January, received an email at 4.31pm on 15 July notifying her that the president had ordered her termination.

The day before, Beckwith had received a phone call from Gregory Bovino, who leads the Border Patrol’s unit in El Centro, a border city 600 miles south of Sacramento. Bovino was planning an immigration raid in Sacramento and asked Beckwith who in her office to contact if his officers were assaulted, the Times reported, citing Beckwith.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 days ago

    SCOTUS will conveniently say “oopsie, I guess those firings were illegal after all”. In the meantime, those people are still fired, Trump still appointed replacements, and those replacements are now protected against being fired if somehow a Democrat accidentally wins the Presidency again…

    • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      protected against being fired if somehow a Democrat accidentally wins the Presidency again…

      Just as protected as they are right now. If there are no penalties for the firing, and the firing can’t be undone, then is it really illegal? The only thing keeping a Dem president from doing it is a desire to follow the law.

      • oyo@lemmy.zip
        14·
        3 days ago

        You’re overestimating this Supreme Court’s consistency. They would have no problem ruling the other way in an identical scenario.