Posted on 01/30/2018 1:29:41 PM PST by 11th_VA
A Brooklyn federal judge said in court on Tuesday that he cannot make a decision regarding the status of young undocumented immigrants in the country on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program without considering President Donald Trump’s “incendiary” anti-Latino comments.
“The statements that were made during the election cycle were extremely volatile,” said Judge Nicholas Garaufis in court, referring to Trump’s recurring comments that had painted Latinos with a broad negative brush.
“This came from the top. This isn’t ordinary,” Garaufis added while DACA recipients in the audience nodded. “It’s not what we see from our leaders, I hope.”
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman appeared in court, leading 16 other attorneys general motioning for a temporary injunction to stop the termination of DACA. The program is quickly approaching a March 5 deadline to cease after Trump called for its “orderly wind down” on Sept. 5, 2017.
A representative from Schneiderman’s office, Lourdes Rosado argued that the decision to end the program was fueled with bias, partly based on the many anti-immigrant and specifically Latino comments from the president. Of the 689,800 active recipients, known as “Dreamers,” roughly 94 percent are Latino.
When government lawyer Stephen Pezzi argued against the comments being used for consideration, Garaufis asked how he could decide by not taking into account the words by “the man who sits in the oval office.”
The plaintiffs, who are also made up of numerous Dreamers, called for the injunction because the possibly temporary injunction ruled by Judge William Alsup in California on Jan. 9 was not enough to protect all Dreamers.
“There are New Yorkers that are left out of the injunction record in California,” Schneiderman said outside the court ...
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More over, just what law is DACA defined as? How can a judge be so stupid to rule on something that is not a law? What’s next, no umbrellas on Thursdays?
The judge will be overruled.
Fear not.
This “judge” is a $hitstain.
President Trump spoke out against illegal alien criminals, not ALL Latinos.
This worthless “judge” should be in jail.
Judge does not have the authority. Should be removed from the bench.
Judge or legislator? Hard to tell.
He’ll get overruled for pulling a ruling out of his pants.
It’s long past time to start impeaching these judges who are substituting their personal politic preferences for law.
He’s a liar and a drama queen.
His decisions and opinions are what they are, what they always have been, what they always will be ... and are based on his own leftist ideology and not on anything President Trump says or does. Ever.
Why is no one reviewing these activist judges and bringing them up on charges when they blatantly overstep their authority?
The DOJ should immediately demand that the judge be removed from the case, and appeal that ruling to the Supreme Court, which has already rejected the use of campaign remarks to justify a court overruling an executive decision that is valid on its face.
There is a constitution as well that never stops them.
Then he is unfit for the bench.
When government lawyer Stephen Pezzi argued against the comments being used for consideration, Garaufis asked how he could decide by not taking into account the words by “the man who sits in the oval office.”
Uh, because it has NOTHING TO DO with the Constitution? Or the law? Will he also take into account the drivel that Obama said when he decided to rule by decree? The judge is just flat out an a**hole.
Thanks 11th_VA.
Screw impeachment! If they don’t have to follow the law, why should Trump. Fire his ass!
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