Judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum seekers locked up

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle has blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum seekers locked up while they pursue their cases.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that people who are detained after entering the country to seek protection are entitled to bond hearings. Attorney General William Barr announced in April that the government would no longer offer such hearings, but instead keep them in custody. It was part of the administration's efforts to deter a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Immigrant rights advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued to block the policy, which was due to take effect July 15.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administration-policy-that-would-keep-asylum-seekers-locked-up/ar-AADLaRf

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Everyone present in this country has rights to due process...

to make it harder to take it from citizens.

If conservative says that such measures would never be used against citizens they are naive or stupid or liars.

[pangaia]

9. Last sentence yup... This would just be the warm up

[Eugene]

2. Fifth Amendment due process, baby!

The article has been updated at OP link:

Pechman said that as people who have entered the U.S. and been detained here, they are entitled to the Fifth Amendment's due-process protections, including "a longstanding prohibition against indefinite civil detention with no opportunity to test its necessity."

[pnwmom]

3. And here's The Hill's report on that.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/451456-federal-judge-blocks-barr-order-on-indefinite-detention-for-asylum

[JudyM]

10. That is great, she really hit him between the eyes, calling out the obvious unconstitutionality.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. So Pence was called back

to deal with this. Going to be real interesting evening my friends.

[dawg day]

6. What can Pence do about it? I guess he's really good at ignoring what Jesus said about this.

Being deliberately obtuse is useful when you want to be evil.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Dipstick does not want any of this to get on his hands.

It is Miley's problem.

[dawg day]

5. If this goes through, and there are charities to help post people's bail, please post here.

Let's hope it's minimal bail (which it should be as being a refugee isn't a crime), so contributions can help out a lot of people.

It kind of hurts my heart to think of having to bail out children especially. But better that than letting them suffer.

[DesertRat]

7. Another win for the ACLU, another defeat for DT

Link to tweet

[llmart]

11. More good news thanks to the ACLU.

Donate what you can folks. They're having to work ten times harder than usual because of this crime family.

I celebrate every victory. It's the only thing that keeps me going in these awful times.

[Bayard]

12. Not a victory yet

Is this going to go the same way as her last ruling?

"Pechman first issued an order in April saying that the government must give the asylum-seekers hearings within a week, saying delays in holding such hearings violated their rights. Eleven days later, the attorney general issued a decision finding that they weren't entitled to bond hearings at all."

Can Barr just over-rule anything?