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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsACLU-BREAKING: We just won due process rights back for asylum seekers.
A federal court just ruled the Trump administration cannot arbitrarily detain people exercising their legal right to seek asylum without a hearing.Judge Blocks Trump Policy Keeping Asylum-Seekers Locked Up
Immigrant rights advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued to block the policy, which was due to take effect July 15
SEATTLE (AP) A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody.
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that people who are detained after entering the country to seek protection are entitled to bond hearings. Attorney General William Barr announced in April that the government would no longer offer such hearings, but instead keep them in custody. It was part of the administrations efforts to deter a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Pechman said that as people who have entered the U.S. and been detained here, they are entitled to the Fifth Amendments due-process protections, including a longstanding prohibition against indefinite civil detention with no opportunity to test its necessity.
Immigrant rights advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued to block the policy, which was due to take effect July 15.
The court reaffirmed what has been settled for decades: that asylum-seekers who enter this country have a right to be free from arbitrary detention, Matt Adams, legal director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, said in a written statement. Thousands of asylum-seekers will continue to be able to seek release on bond, as they seek protection from persecution and torture.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-blocks-trump-policy-keeping-asylum-seekers-locked-up
https://americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/litigation_documents/challenging_credible_fear_interview_and_bond_hearing_delays_preliminary_injunction_order.pdf
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ACLU-BREAKING: We just won due process rights back for asylum seekers. (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2019
OP
When Dad died in '98 we had in lieu of donations sent to Planned Parenthood (he was a Dr.) and ACLU
ashling
Jul 2019
#10
ACLU remains priceless in our country - especially in these MF45 times. THANK YOU! n/t
MFGsunny
Jul 2019
#12
malaise
(269,054 posts)1. These lawless monsters
continue to commit crimes against humanity
Lock them up!
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)2. Excellent news
Next steps?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Note, these wins and the evidence does compound.
Some don't appreciate the deliberate nature of the process - but it is moving in the right direction.
mahina
(17,668 posts)4. Thank God.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)5. But when will those kids be released?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)6. Great news! (unless the DOJ appeals to the S.Ct.) nt
lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. I'm so happy I give them monthly donations!
I feel like Ive gotten a thousand fold back!
Mersky
(4,982 posts)11. Mee toooooo!!!
Fighting the good fight, they are!!!
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)9. This is one worth your hard-earned $$$.
They are amazing at what they do.
ashling
(25,771 posts)10. When Dad died in '98 we had in lieu of donations sent to Planned Parenthood (he was a Dr.) and ACLU
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)12. ACLU remains priceless in our country - especially in these MF45 times. THANK YOU! n/t