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District Court Judge Denounces Forced Child Separation as Brutal and Clear Constitutional Violation
slate ^ | June 06, 2018 | Jeremy Stahl

Posted on 06/07/2018 5:20:44 AM PDT by sickoflibs

Over the past month, the Trump administration has begun to implement a policy that has reportedly led to the forced separation of hundreds of undocumented immigrant parents from their children after they’ve arrived together at the U.S. border. This followed reports that a pilot program of such a policy had been undertaken between July and November 2017. Democrats have argued that this apparent practice is cruel, heartless, and betrays our nation’s deepest values. The ACLU, meanwhile, has argued in court on behalf of separated immigrant families that such a practice would be—and is—blatantly unconstitutional.

On Wednesday, Dana Sabraw, a federal district court judge in California, issued a stinging rebuke to the government’s request to dismiss the ACLU’s claim under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. He also indicated in his opinion that the government would likely be found to be in violation of the due process rights of these immigrant families. Judge Sabraw resoundingly rejected the argument that the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment had not been violated. (Sabraw, a George W. Bush appointee, at the same time accepted the government’s motion to dismiss the ACLU’s statutory grounds arguments.)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aclu; acluforillegals; illegals; immigration
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To: sickoflibs
Do you really trust this congress to pass an immigration bill that wont screw us?


41 posted on 06/07/2018 10:22:26 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: sickoflibs

Typical leftist judge. If the parent cared, they would not have brought their kid here and now we are supposed to care when the parent did not?

Send illegals back to their country of origin. I recommend sending their kids with them.

JoMa


42 posted on 06/07/2018 5:24:36 PM PDT by joma89
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To: sickoflibs
Well if the illegals don't want to be separated from their kids then don't come here...period. Eliminates 'THEIR' problem at the quick! For those already here illegally, they knew the risks when they decided to come in illegally to begin with. The parents BROKE THE LAW the movementnt they set foot in the US ILLEGALY
43 posted on 06/07/2018 5:32:14 PM PDT by caww
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