Posted on 02/17/2009 2:35:59 PM PST by Nachum
A federal jury on Tuesday ruled that an Arizona rancher did not violate the civil rights of 16 Mexican nationals he detained at gunpoint after they had snuck illegally into the United States in 2004, but the jury awarded $78,000 in actual and punitive damages to six of the illegal immigrants on claims of assault and infliction of emotional distress
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Well stated.
Thanks, you know I really feel for this rancher. I only have a small farm, but I understand how this man feels. I will never understand how President Bush could keep that border wide open after 9-11. I know he likes the cheap labor, but the risk to national security should have trumped that for him. His #1 job was to protect America and he should have closed that border. With the current bleep we have in the White House, the border will only get worse.
“Illegal aliens have standing to file lawsuits but citizens who file lawsuits asking to see the Kenyan’s birth certificate do not have standing. I’m confused.”
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Perverting the American justice system was the 45th goal of the communists- it was the unmentioned one.
Good and bad news.
Yeah but you can sue for those things in a civil court. Kind of like wrongful death ....(if you win you get compensation think OJ)
Which means that property owners will start shooting first.
OK. I can understand that. I guess the only difference between a private citizen defending his property against trespassing illegals and a Border Patrol Agent doing the same is that the latter has immunity from civil prosecution? Doesn’t seem right.
And the border patrol agent doesn’t have immunity if convicted of a crime (ie Ramos and Campeon). If their appeals don’t overturn this miscarriage of justice then they too might face such an action.
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