While the media obsessed with analyzing what Trump means
by “animals,”
two important stories were being overlooked. On May 15 a U.S. district judge
appointed by George W. Bush ruled that ICE had behaved in an “arbitrary and
capricious” manner and without any “rational explanation for its decision” in
its efforts to deport DACA recipient Daniel Ramírez Medina. And on May 17
Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw out years of immigration court practice, denying immigration judges the ability to give immigrants a break by putting
their cases on hold.—TPOI editor
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| Daniel Ramírez Medina |
Bad Liars
ICE claimed a Dreamer was “gang-affiliated” and tried to
deport him. A federal judge ruled that ICE was lying.
By Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
May 16, 2018
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez shot
down the federal government’s efforts to strip Daniel Ramirez Medina of his
DACA status. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement had arrested and detained
Ramirez last year, then falsely claimed that he was affiliated with a gang and
attempted to deport him. He filed suit, alleging that ICE had violated his due
process rights. Martinez agreed. His order barred the federal government from
voiding Ramirez’s DACA status, safeguarding his ability to live and work in the
United States legally for the foreseeable future. What may be most remarkable
about Martinez’s decision, though, is its blunt repudiation of ICE’s main
claim—that Ramirez is “gang-affiliated.” The judge did not simply rule against
ICE. He accused the agency of lying to a court of law.[…]
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For more on Daniel Ramírez’s case:
Justice Dept. Restricts a Common Tactic of Immigration
Judges
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| Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images |
By Katie Benner, New York Times
May 17, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a directive on
Thursday that places limits on a tool commonly used by immigration judges and
could put hundreds of thousands of deportation cases that are essentially
closed back on federal court dockets.
The move, issued in an interim decision, is unlikely to
reopen all the cases. But Mr. Sessions said that immigration courts could not
put such cases on indefinite hold by using a practice known as administrative
closure, which temporarily removes a case from a judge’s calendar and delays a
proceeding that could remove an immigrant from the country.[…]
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Read Sessions’ decision:
https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1064086/download
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