A lot of our constitutional protections still apply and are still being enforced. For example, when an immigrant is arrested, the government is now required to provide a probable cause hearing, something that was not consistently happening at the beginning. As far as I can tell, people are being released when a court determines that their arrest was unlawful or unsupported by probable cause.

Don't get me wrong, it's a complete shit show. My point is that it isn't simply lawlessness. There are still legal safeguards in place, and people are challenging abuses in court. That doesn't change my view that what we're doing is wrong.

Also nothing is awarded from tax payer money.