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Neither one of these authors understands what they are talking about. Anyone, citizen, legal or illegal that is charged with a crime is given full constitutional protections as we know them. An immigration hearing (not a trial) is not a criminal procedure but a civil matter. There is no jury nor is there a mechanism to have one. The "judge" was an employee of the INS and now DOJ. His or her function is of a subject matter expert or fact checker not as an impartial judge as we normally think of in a criminal or civil trial. The immigration judge can do three things: Determine citizenship (U...