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In a legal setback for the Trump administration's immigration policies, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled that the government may not arbitrarily detain people seeking asylum.
The ruling comes in a case challenging the administration's policy of detaining people even after they have passed a credible fear interview and await a hearing on their asylum claim.
The lead plaintiff in the case is a teacher from Haiti, Ansly Damus, who has been confined in Ohio for more than a year-and-a-half. He fled his homeland fearing violence and political persecution and asked for asylum in the United States. An immigration judge granted him asylum not just once, but twice. But Damus remains locked up indefinitely as the government appeals those decisions.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, in his 38-page opinion, said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated its own procedures by not granting Damus release under what's known as humanitarian parole.
"This Opinion does no more than hold the Government accountable to its own policy, which recently has been honored more in the breach than the observance. Having extended the safeguards of the Parole Directive to asylum seekers, ICE must now ensure that such protections are realized," Judge Boasberg wrote.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Snow on Wednesday July 04 2018, @04:53PM (5 children)
The 4th of July is a holiday for you Americans to show pride in your country.
Some Americans are not proud of their country.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @05:32PM (4 children)
Correction, some Americans are not proud of our government. There is a difference.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Wednesday July 04 2018, @05:48PM (3 children)
actually, given what the US has done over the past few decades, and been allowed to do, I'm not so sure I love my fellow americans so much.
we have cheered on the cheeto and we have not, as a nation, admitted our mistake, yet.
the concept of america is good; but our implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:35PM (1 child)
Whenever I see migrants locked up in cages, I cry tears...
Tears of JOY! HahahahahaHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA!
America, FUCK YEAH!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @08:50PM
"locked up in cages" is what the SJW news tells you. What's really funny here is that Obama did the same thing with 10X more "Asylum-Seekers", but nobody cried Social Justice about it until Trump took office. SJW's should be deported to some shit stained country.
(Score: 2) by bitstream on Wednesday July 04 2018, @09:40PM
Voters will perform not better than they are (dis)informed..