Homeland Security sued over immigrant detention

Chicago Tribune ^ | August 12, 2011 | Andrew Seidman

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Reporting from Washington— A Chicago group has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against the Department of Homeland Security, charging that its practice of asking local police to detain immigrants when there's no evidence of illegal activity is unconstitutional.

At issue is the use of an immigration detainer, a key component of Homeland Security's Secure Communities program. It is a request from the department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement to another law enforcement agency to hold people so that ICE can investigate their immigration status and potentially take over custody.

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All these illegals are legal experts now !

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Illegals have NO rights under the Constitution!

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Illegals have NO rights under the Constitution!

The illegals have all sorts of activist organizations and they have banded together to complete their invasion of OUR America. Lawyers working to over throw America and those lawyers will argue in court that Illegal Aliens have just about as many rights as US Citizens have. There have been cases out there in Mexifornia where they are arguing the illegals have a right to vote in local elections as well as school boards - after all they live in the community and little precious ones go to the local schools therefore they need to be able to have the right to vote!!!

I have given up on America, and am very thankful that I am old enough to not have to see the end that is coming.

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I see the disaster the illegals are everyday. They don’t come here for jobs, they come here for welfare.

We are in trouble until Republicans get a spine and throw these leeches out of this country. I am praying one of them steps up. I won’t hold my breath though.

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Illegal immigrants are here ILLEGALLY, duh.