Posted on 11/02/2018 4:36:50 AM PDT by Liz
A dozen migrants from Honduras filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against Pres Trump, DHS, and others, claiming a violation of their due process under the Fifth Amendment.....that "no person… shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." A recent PBS report cited former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who ruled in 1993 case that "it is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in a deportation proceeding."
Twelve Honduran nationals, including six children, are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed Thursday in the US District Court in Washington, D.C., said it is widely known that Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are “undergoing a well-documented human rights crisis.” The lawsuit also claims that the plaintiffs’ right to the Administrative Procedures Act and the Declaratory Judgement Act were being infringed upon.
The Central American migrant caravan now numbers approximately 4,000 people, down from a high of 7,200. The lawsuit points to Trump's claim that he will prevent the caravan from entering the U.S. It claims that the president cannot stop asylum-seekers by employing the military -- when they have a fair claim. The suit criticized the president's attempt at stoking "fear and hysteria," by claiming that criminals and gang members have joined the caravan. The suit cited a Trump interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, where the president laid out plans to build tent cities to house migrants. The suit questioned the functionality of such a project, and asked if these living quarters would qualify under the Flores Agreement of 1997.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
They have NO Constitutional rights, period.
The get nothing other than what we decide they will.
We DO have the right to detain them in any manner we see fit and to take action against them for their illegal entry to U.S. soil.
...><> PDJT, with cooperation from Mexico’s Nieto, has sprung a legal trap based on longstanding intl law...
Here’s the US law.
8 U.S. Code § 1158(a)(2)(A) says that if a foreigner can reach a safe country after leaving their own country where they have a credible fear of persecution, then they cannot qualify for asylum in the United States unless the govt determines it to be in the interests of the U.S.A. to grant them asylum
LOL!!! Oh THIS WILL GET THEM IN!! NOT!
Who is the idiot lawyer who filed this clearly dishonest suit?
I like it.
G-r-e-a-t points.
My word!!! If this lawsuit is allowed to proceed, and some crazy judge will allow it to, what is the limit? What is to stop some foreign government to sue to stop U.S. military action against it, or tariffs, or sanctions? All they would have to do is have their citizens sue for a violation of their constitutional rights.
The irony here is that to left, the migrants have more rights than us deplorables or even a guy like, say, Brett Kavanaugh.
Just goes to show, again......the Democrat left cares more abut illegals than Americans who elected them
Agree. Put the military at the border and keep them there until the wall is finished. Order them to defend the border by any means necessary including firing upon anything that moves.
Stop all immigration until every last illegal and visa overstay is deported. Forget fines, jail every employer and close down their business. Jail landlords and, similar to drug dealers’ vehicles, put the houses up for public auction. No more tolerance to anyone aiding and abetting them and that includes priests and other do gooders. No more illegal kids in school. No more government freebies. Once every last one is gone, then we can talk about LEGAL immigration again.
Sure, all that sounds harsh but not nearly as harsh as making real taxpaying US citizens pay for them and have our children exposed to whatever disease they bring here. There was a thread a few hours ago on the caravan with one guy having a severe cough. Excuse me, don’t bring that here.
The immigration law, or it’s current interpretation, is too lenient. Fix the loop holes.
Coming here in an invading caravan is not the way to do it. Block every last one from entering.
Nexus Services Inc. is funding the lawsuits through a civil rights law firm called Nexus Derechos Humanos (Human Rights) Attorneys Inc.
"Federal law enables migrants to apply for asylum in the United States. President Trump and his administration have used
‘increased enforcement,’ like separating families and lengthening detention to violate migrant rights,"
Mike Donovan, president of Nexus Services, said in a press release.
--snip-- Trump's immigration surprise has been prepared for several months. A week before midterms, Pres Trump announces that he is preparing an E/O that children of illegals born in the US will not automatically obtain American citizenship. It will be given only to those whose parents are in the United States legally.....includes only American citizens and legal residents. At the same time, Trump no longer needs to rush the E/O. His goal is political.
Trump knows that 2/3 of Americans support his decision, and he is well aware that a long-term legal battle awaits; Democrats will defend the interests of immigrants rather than Americans.Trump is not interested in the decisions of the American courts. It is quite possible that he will even lose in the courts. However, the White House understands that you need to win the mid-term elections first, and then deal with legal issues.
Trump's immediate goal is not a game of immigration and intellectual tug-of-war with the Democrats and the courts, but the November mid-terms. (Excerpt) Read more at garygindler.com ...
What jack hole group is pulling this stunt???
Nexus Services Inc. is funding the lawsuits through a civil rights law firm called Nexus Derechos Humanos (Human Rights) Attorneys Inc.
“Federal law enables migrants to apply for asylum in the United States. President Trump and his administration have used
‘increased enforcement,’ like separating families and lengthening detention to violate migrant rights,”
Mike Donovan, president of Nexus Services, said in a press release.
Maybe those tents are for the soldiers???
And they currently have no constitutional rights.”””
NO USA Constitutional rights.
They do have the rights of their own country’s Constitution-—if that even exists.
“Federal law enables migrants to apply for asylum in the United States. “”
Another idiot lawyer who needs his ticket revoked.
International law says they have to request asylum at the first safe country they arrive at.
Mexico offered them housing, jobs, medical care & they said NO.
Mexico offered them asylum. They refused
I hope the courts swat this thing down
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