To One Judge, At Least, Migrants Have Rights
IT MUST BE FRUSTRATING FOR ICE when they are reminded that there are laws that protect the vulnerable. After all, moving about under the radar of mainstream concern, it must be easy for them to feel unbound, unchecked, all-powerful, and unstoppable. But perhaps we see signs now that the honeybucket period is ending.
IT MUST BE FRUSTRATING FOR ICE when they are reminded that there are laws that protect the vulnerable. After all, moving about under the radar of mainstream concern, it must be easy for them to feel unbound, unchecked, all-powerful, and unstoppable. They swarm on high school valedictorians, cruise 7-Elevens for Latino-looking types, violate even children’s rights, enact a program quite different than the model they sold the nation, and so far have been getting away with most of it.
But perhaps we see signs now that the honeymoonbucket period is ending.
A judge has dismissed the case of an illegal immigrant facing deportation after ruling that federal agents violated his rights during a work site raid in Van Nuys in 2008.
Los Angeles immigration Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor issued a written decision that agents failed to follow their own regulations when they detained Gregorio Perez Cruz without reasonable suspicion that he was an illegal immigrant.
The judge also determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents failed to advise Perez Cruz of his rights and interrogated him in an “intimidating and coercive environment,” where he was deprived of food and water for 18 hours and forced to sleep on a concrete floor.Perez Cruz’s attorney, Ahilan Arulanantham, said the 19-page decision could affect dozens of other immigration cases of workers arrested at Micro Solutions Enterprises.
Tags: A. Ashley Tabaddor, Ahilan Arulanantham, Gregario Perez Cruz, Micro Solutions Enterprises, Van Nuys
Posted in Borders, Human Rights, ICE, Immigration, Torture
“But perhaps we see signs now that the honeymoonbucket period is ending.”
I hope so. I can’t say I think so, but I hope so.
word.
sometimes it comes down to nothing more than a choice between hope and despair.
But unfortunately it appears there is already a movement afoot to have her removed from the bench.
Some people hate change that much. And hate ‘the other’ that much, whoever ‘the other’ may be. Incredible. They’re probably even further incensed by the fact that the Judge is Iranian-American.
She is young, and, hopefully, strong. My heart is with her and I hope she prevails.
have to say i was waiting for that. agreed.
“But unfortunately it appears there is already a movement afoot to have her removed from the bench.”
*sigh*
Also not surprised. Saddened, of course, but Not Surprised.