Posted on 03/01/2018 7:55:11 PM PST by EdnaMode
A federal judge ruled that the state of Indiana cannot block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state under an order from then Gov. Mike Pence (R).
In November 2015, Pence was part of a group of 16 governors who announced plans to block Syrian refugees from settling in their states in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris. All but one of the governors were Republicans.
The Indiana policy prevented state agencies from making payments to a nonprofit that helped resettle Syrian refugees.
U.S. District Judge Tonya Walton Pratt on Tuesday ruled that Indiana could no longer withhold authorized payments to the Exodus Refugee Immigration group, according to The Associated Press.
Pratt had temporarily blocked Pence's order in February 2016, in response to an ACLU lawsuit. The ACLU argued the order illegally targeted refugees based on their nationality.
A federal appeals court upheld Pratt's block on the policy in an October 2016 ruling, saying Pence’s policy was discriminatory.
Alyssa Farah, Pence’s press secretary, said in a statement that “it makes sense” that the state would now changes its policies under President Trump.
“When the now-Vice President was serving as governor he directed all state agencies to stop resettling Syrian refugees in Indiana until the federal government could provide credible assurances that ‘proper security measures are in place.’ Now, under President Trump’s leadership, proper security measures are being implemented — it makes sense that Indiana would settle,” Farah said.
ruling and ruining
Theres more than one way to interpret “hanging judge”.
appeal this.
Ignore it as long as California is allowed to ignore immigration law.
75 families moving into the Reno. Nv. area.
These braindead, activist “judges” have got to go.
Discriminatory??
Did she cite article 69 in the Constitution? Seems the constitution does not enumerate who settles where, so the law falls to the State.
But law never bothered activist Judges, they just make their own.
Figures. One of Holder’s people. Unqualified, and bumped up the ladder by quotas.
I’ll bet she didn’t forbid the Indiana State Police from assigning troopers to each ‘refugee’ and arresting them for EVERY INFRACTION of the law.
More than one way to skin a cat. (Sorry, neighboring states, where they ultimately land. But you too have the option to:
Keep ‘em movin, movin, movin,
Tho they’re disapprovin
Keep them buggers movin
RAWHIDE
Excerpt from the piece:
U.S. District Judge Tonya Walton Pratt on Tuesday ruled that Indiana could no longer withhold authorized payments to the Exodus Refugee Immigration group, according to The Associated Press.
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Imo, the light of day needs to shine down on these “non profit” racketeers like the Exodus Refugee Group.
There has to be a ton of money going to to these immigration bundlers.
Smells like these Soros NGOs that our gummit funds to create problems for our country.
One of the Founding Fathers wrote, prophetically, that a great danger that could befall the country would be the judicial branch ruling over the other branches.
Tell Tonya to go ×#÷^^/ herself and ignore her.
Do it anyway.
Whole passel of federal judges could use a good dragging behind a pick em up truck down a rocky road.
Well—There’s that statement by Andrew Jackson to the effect that the judge has made his ruling, now let him enforce it.
Absent that, there’s always the hemp necktie approach.
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