On April 11, Nicole Micheroni, a Massachusetts immigration attorney and U.S. The message ordered her to depart the country within 24 hours. The email, titled “notice of termination of parole,” stated unequivocally, “It is time for you to leave the United States.” This incident raises serious questions about the Trump administration’s approach to immigration enforcement, especially in light of President Trump’s previous comments regarding the removal of U.S. citizens who commit unspecified crimes.
The letter emailed to Micheroni illustrates a positive, but increasingly typical, trend. The Trump administration is going all-out to kick non-citizens out of the U.S., including targeting those who are here legally and have never committed any crime worthy of deportation. In fact, experts strongly agree that deporting U.S. citizens out of the country is unconstitutional. This specific incident has placed renewed focus upon the administration’s general use of such tactics.
At first Micheroni assumed the email was meant for one of her clients. But when she took a closer look, she found that the only name appearing on the alert was hers. Yet, this surprising revelation forced her to wonder whether the message was a good faith effort to communicate at all.
“At first I thought it was for a client, but I looked really closely and the only name on the email was mine,” – Nicole Micheroni
Micheroni’s personal theory is that this had been an email blast sent accidentally. She voiced her concern over the message that would be sent to American citizens if such crass messages were allowed to fly.
“Probably, hopefully, [it was] sent to me in error. But it’s a little concerning these are going out to US citizens,” – Nicole Micheroni
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official stated that CBP utilized known email addresses associated with individuals to send notifications. If a non-personal email address was provided by a client, there exists a possibility that notices could inadvertently reach unintended recipients.
This email connects our current moment to President Trump’s previous ideas about deporting U.S. citizens who engage in criminal activity. To do these, he recommended deporting them to prisons in El Salvador, a suggestion that has sparked the greatest outcry over the legality and ethics of such a proposal.
“I think it’s a scare tactic. I think they want people afraid of immigration,” – Nicole Micheroni