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ACLU sues Trump administration for separating immigrant couples
Reuters ^ | April 11, 2018 | by Nate Raymond

Posted on 04/12/2018 6:30:49 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging what it calls a pattern by President Donald Trump’s administration of detaining illegal immigrants seeking to legalize their status based on marriages to U.S. citizens.

The proposed class action was filed late on Tuesday in federal court in Boston and alleges that immigration officials have been illegally separating families while a noncitizen spouse was seeking lawful immigration status.

“These actions are not only inhumane but they are unlawful,” Adriana Lafaille, a lawyer with the ACLU of Massachusetts, said at a press conference.

The lawsuit centers on regulations the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) enacted during former Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration aimed at encouraging people living illegally in the country to seek lawful status.

Under regulations enacted in 2016, undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens could go through a process to seek waivers that would allow them to largely remain in the United States rather than leave the county while pursuing permanent residency.

But the lawsuit said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been detaining people who were going through that process.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; illegalaliens; invasion
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Judicial tyranny.
1 posted on 04/12/2018 6:30:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Could have sworn the ACLU just said that “no one was above the law”?

Apparently if you arent an American citizen, you have more rights than the president.


2 posted on 04/12/2018 6:33:20 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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ACLU needs to be correctly labelled for what it really is, then disbanded, and its leaders tried and convicted for treason.


3 posted on 04/12/2018 6:35:16 AM PDT by Kalamata (Meat hooks for Tyrants)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sessions is owned by the Clintons, there will be no justice. The DOJ provides the cover.


4 posted on 04/12/2018 6:38:35 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But the lawsuit said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been detaining people who were going through that process.


Detaining people who have criminal charges. Which has always been the case.


5 posted on 04/12/2018 6:39:00 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is it true that ICE is arresting spouses of US Citizens and deporting them? If so that is insane.


6 posted on 04/12/2018 6:39:05 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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ICE is arresting the the Criminals Obama released on the US ,like 600,000 of them


7 posted on 04/12/2018 6:52:46 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Deport them both together.


8 posted on 04/12/2018 6:54:17 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: American in Israel

If they are illegal aliens, I don’t see a problem.
The spouse can follow them on their dime.


9 posted on 04/12/2018 6:59:55 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But they are OK with Trump’s private attorney being raided.


10 posted on 04/12/2018 7:03:55 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ACLU = American Criminal Lunatic Union


11 posted on 04/12/2018 7:04:16 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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"Under regulations enacted in 2016, undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens could go through a process to seek waivers that would allow them to largely remain in the United States rather than leave the county while pursuing permanent residency."

They're remaining in the United States...

Now, is that "illegally separating families"? You betcha. Same thing happens to all criminals.

12 posted on 04/12/2018 7:08:28 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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PI$$ on the ACLU!
13 posted on 04/12/2018 7:09:34 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: American in Israel

ICE is arresting CRIMINAL spouses of US Citizens and deporting them


14 posted on 04/12/2018 7:09:59 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Til deportation do us part.


15 posted on 04/12/2018 7:12:53 AM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: Kalamata

Atheist Communist Lawyers Union


16 posted on 04/12/2018 7:17:44 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: COBOL2Java
"Leave the county?" The editor was drunk again.

Hey, it's 5:00 o'clock somewhere!

17 posted on 04/12/2018 7:21:23 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Kalamata

Rescind their tax exempt status, they are a political organization that has become an enemy of the US, oh and go after them for tax fraud.


18 posted on 04/12/2018 7:33:42 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Souled_Out

>>Sessions is owned by the Clintons
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This would explain his blatant willful obstruction of justice. Mad Maxine said Obama’s blackmail database included EVERYBODY!


19 posted on 04/12/2018 7:34:16 AM PDT by Kalamata (Meat hooks for Tyrants)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Amazing that legacy media will still insist on referring to not yet to be convicted criminals as suspects but illegal aliens are now always referred to as “immigrants” when they are two totally legally district classes of people.


20 posted on 04/12/2018 7:35:29 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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