Thread: Judge: Raids Violated Immigrants' Rights

Judge: Raids Violated Immigrants' Rights


Raids Were In Response To ID Card Program For Illegal Immigrants, Critics Say

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HARTFORD, Conn., June 8, 2009

(AP) Federal agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants in raids that critics say were retaliation for a New Haven program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally, a federal judge has ruled.

The sweeps on June 6, 2007, came two days after New Haven approved issuing identification cards to illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deny the early morning raids were retaliatory.

Immigration Judge Michael Straus, in a decision last week, said the ICE agents went into the men's apartments without warrants, probable cause or their consent, and he put a stop to deportation proceedings against the four Latino defendants.

Immigration officials have denied claims that the 32 arrests that morning were improper. They said in court documents that they were allowed into the homes. It was not clear whether they will appeal Straus' ruling. Messages were left Monday morning for a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Witnesses described in court documents how parents were arrested in front of their children and alleged that agents refused to identify themselves and told people in the homes to shut up.

In his ruling issued June 2, Straus said the four immigrants' rights were “egregiously violatedâ€

(AP) Federal agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants in raids that critics say were retaliation for a New Haven program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally, a federal judge has ruled.

The sweeps on June 6, 2007, came two days after New Haven approved issuing identification cards to illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deny the early morning raids were retaliatory.




Perhaps this Know-It-All judge would care to explain to the rest of us how these raids could have been retaliatory when they came a mere 2 days after the ID card issue?

Obviously, it takes considerable time to identify and locate targets as well as plan these things out.

They managed to do all of this in 2 days, did they? I highly doubt it.

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