http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iraqi-deportations-stay_us_595230afe4b05c37bb7933e1
Steve Freiss reports for Reuters (HuffPost):
“DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge halted late on Monday the deportation of all Iraqi nationals detained during immigration sweeps across the United States this month until at least July 10, expanding a stay he imposed last week.
The stay had initially only protected 114 detainees from the Detroit area.
U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith sided with lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union who filed an amended complaint on Saturday seeking to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from deporting Iraqis from anywhere in the United States.
The ACLU argued those being deported could face persecution, torture, or death because many were Chaldean Catholics, Sunni Muslims, or Iraqi Kurds and that the groups were recognized as targets of ill-treatment in Iraq.
Goldsmith agreed with the ACLU on the grave consequences deportees may face, writing in his seven-page opinion and order that: “Such harm far outweighs any interest the Government may have in proceeding with the removals immediately.”
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Donald Trump + Jeff Sessions* = Work 4 Lawyers
*In this context, the term “Jeff Sessions” includes DHS Secretary John Kelly who has delegated his legal and moral authority over immigration enforcement to A.G Jeff “Gonzo Apocalypto” Sessions.
PWS
06-27-17