First, let's look at how Neza tripped ICE's radar.

Mr. Neza was apprehended after filing a liquor license application for his Lufkin restaurant, called Joe's Italian Grill.

The government, in court documents, also notes that a state application for a liquor license stated Mr. Neza was a U.S. citizen. False claims to citizenship can result in permanent bars from the country.

No charges have been brought against Mr. Neza, Mr. Gibson said. And the false claim to U.S. citizenship wasn't made by Mr. Neza but by someone filling out the application, Mr. Gibson said in court documents.

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Neza, along with other members of his family, witnessed the political assassination of Azem Hajdari, a democracy activist in Albania. Two of his cousins have already been killed for their knowledge related to the assassination. Two of his brothers have already won asylum.

But Neza has lost his hearing for asylum, and order to "facilitate [his] removal," they wish to sedate him.

On Aug. 8, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Mr. Neza repeatedly screamed, "I am not a terrorist," when immigration agents tried to board him on a flight.

Airline officials refused Mr. Neza's passage after he told them he was being "illegally deported," according to documents in a federal district court in Abilene.

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No, Mr. Neza. In America's zero sum game of denying people's liberty, "terrorists" are exterminated. "Aliens," on the other hand, are neutralized and sent back to orbit. But both are tortured and drugged in some form or another. I can see where you might have been confused August 8th. These word games are important to preserving democracy, you see.

"My main concern is to prevent the deportation," said his attorney, Mr. Gibson. "The drugging is just one more mean thing they are doing to this guy to deliver him into the hands of the assassins. My ultimate goal is to keep him out of hands of the assassins."

Others see it differently.

Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that wants tough enforcement of immigration laws, said it's "unwise for someone to go over the heads of those who have adjudicated the case."

As for the possibility of sedation, he added, "We cannot allow policy to exist that if someone yells and screams all bets are off and the laws are not enforced. Otherwise, we'll have a lot of kicking and screaming."

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What if the person has an awareness that he's potentially going to his death, Mr. Mehlman? Does that provide a mitigating circumstance for calling the whole thing off?

In this case, we see the rationale government attorneys routinely give to use psychotropic drugs (stronger than your average sedative) on people with no psychological ailments who resist deportation.

In the interim, U.S. government attorneys Scott Frost and Tracy Short argued in a court pleading that "there is exceptionally strong public interest in the enforcement of duly enacted laws of the United States."

Drugging Mr. Neza with a sedative by a psychiatrist employed by the U.S. Public Health Services will have multiple beneficial effects, the attorneys argue in their pleading. "It will prevent Neza from committing assaultive acts against others, it will allow the United States to enforce its immigration laws, and it will ensure the safety of Neza and others during the removal."

The federal government cites a 1996 Texas case involving a deportee with the surname of Bechara, who threatened to bring down the plane if he were forced on the plane.

But Mr. Gibson counters that Mr. Neza made no such threats.

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It's sweet and kind of a murderous nation like America to consider the safety of Neza and other people during removal and to drop all concerns that people may be killed after they reach their destinations.

credit to Ann at BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS for the articles

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[posted by Sylvia/M while kicking and screaming]