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Federal Judge Orders Administration to End Arbitrary Detention of Asylum-Seekers

posted by martyb on Wednesday July 04 2018, @03:43PM   
from the let-me-out-of-here! dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

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.

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625504723/federal-judge-orders-administration-to-end-arbitrary-detention-of-asylum-seekers

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• Re:overturned by SCOTUS in 3,2,1 Re:overturned by SCOTUS in 3,2,1 (Score: 3, Interesting) by jmorris on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:36PM (1 child)

  by jmorris (4844) on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:36PM (#702702)

  She didn't invade, she asked for permission to enter and bagged herself a billionaire while she was here to work. You go girl!

  While I support an almost total shutdown of all immigration for at least a generation to allow an attempt to assimilate the millions of people who lack even a semblance of loyalty to America and the ideas the country is based upon, I think I could support an exception for as many hot supermodels as want to come here looking for an anchor husband. :) If ya under thirty and a 9 or better, come on in and help improve our gene pool. What better way to truly Make America Great Again? Can I get an Amen?

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• Re:overturned by SCOTUS in 3,2,1 (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @09:49PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @09:49PM (#702746)

  Sorta kinda worked before she was legally permitted to do so http://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-worked-in-the-us-illegally-report-2016-11 [businessinsider.com]

  Does that make her eligible for retroactive action?

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