In 2018, Judge Shelly Joseph was accused of colluding with the illegal immigrant's attorney and a court officer to allow him to escape out a back door of the courthouse following a hearing on charges including drug possession.
Judge Nicole Berner, a Biden appointee, compared the government's position to previous episodes of mass detention in American history. Source
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down ICE’s detention policy, setting the stage for a Supreme Court review. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy on detaining migrants without bond, comparing it to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War […]
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down ICE’s detention policy, setting the stage for a Supreme Court review. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy on detaining migrants without bond, comparing it to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The decision marks the ninth consecutive loss for ICE in federal appeals courts regarding this policy. KEY QUOTE: “Mass detention of marginalized individuals without due process harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history,” complained Joe Biden appointee Judge Nicole Berner, joined by Barack Obama appointee Judge Barbara Keenan in a 2-1 opinion . IMPACT:…Open
At least 40 burial sites across the U.S. hold the abandoned graves of children, mostly Black, who died in youth prisons, a new study has found.
Latino civil rights groups and Denver sued the Trump administration on Thursday, invoking a law Congress passed in the final months of the Civil War.
The lawsuit states that the presence of federal agents arresting illegal immigrants would interfere with the "smooth administration of elections at the local level."
In a 2-1 decision, the panel of judges likened the matter to the Japanese internment camps of World War II.
Among those arrested were illegal aliens with prior convictions for weapons and drug offenses, child molestation, and violent crimes like assault.
‘You’re not letting felons sign cash bail bonds’
A Haitian college freshman who was fitted with an ankle monitor by federal immigration authorities after the Trump administration won a legal battle to strip temporary protected status from some 350,000 Haitians died this week by apparent suicide, according to his family. MS NOW's Alex Tabet has the latest.