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Aclu And Other Groups Challenge Trump Immigration Ban After Refugees Detained At Airports Following Executive Order

... liberty for everyone in our country. ACLU and Other Groups Challenge Trump Immigration Ban After Refugees Detained at Airports Following Executive Order. By ACLU. January 28, 2017 | 11:45 AM. WEB 17-tsaairport-1160 x 768.jpg. UPDATE (1/28/17): A federal judge granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a nationwide temporary injunction that will block the deportation of all people stranded in U. S. airports under President Trump’s new Muslim ban. The ACLU, along with several groups, filed a lawsuit  this morning on behalf of two Iraqi men who were en route to the United States on immigrant visas when President Trump issued an executive order banning many Muslims from entering the country. One of the men, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, was traveling on an Iraqi special Immigrant Visa and had worked as an electrical engineer and contractor for the U. S. government from ...

Planned Parenthood, Aclu Challenge Abortion Laws In Three States

... the lawsuits Wednesday. In North Carolina, they are looking to strike down the state’s ban on abortions performed after 20 weeks gestation except in the instance of a medical emergency. In Missouri, the groups are challenging laws requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at hospitals and that abortions only be performed in ambulatory surgery centers. The groups argue that most women in the state need to travel to one clinic in St. Louis to get abortions. The laws are similar to Texas restrictions struck down by the Supreme Court in June. [ Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic restrictions ]. And in Alaska, the groups are challenging a state law that bans abortion in outpatient health centers after the first trimester of pregnancy, claiming it forces many women to leave the state to obtain an abortion after the first trimester. “Now more than ever, we face a serious threat to ...

2 Umass Dartmouth Professors Detained At Logan In Trump Immigration Crackdown

... then. Just before midnight, UMass Dartmouth spokesman John Hoey said the two professors had been allowed to leave Logan and "university officials have been in contact" with them. Further information was not immediately available. According to the ACLU of Massachusetts complaint, the professors "have a constitutional right to return home to the United States after a brief trip abroad, and cannot be deprived of their lawful permanent status without justification and due process protections.". The ACLU of Massachusetts said in a news release that the suit was filed just moments after a Federal District Court Judge in the Eastern District of New York granted a Stay of Removal on behalf of two Iraqi nationals and others "similarly situated" who have been cleared to enter the United States, in another lawsuit filed by the ACLU. The Massachusetts challenge was filed by the ...

Aclu Vows Eternal Vigilance, Gears Up For A Long Battle Against President Donald Trump

... “It’s actually hard to identify an area where we’re working that is not facing some threat from the incoming Trump administration,” ACLU national legal director David Cole told NBC News. He later added, “The whole idea of the separation of powers is to ensure that each of the branches has a self-interest in checking each other. Judges tend to be establishment figures, whether they’re on the left or the right. Donald Trump is not an establishment figure.”. In a “7-Point Plan of Action”  released by Executive Director Anthony D. Romero on the day before Trump’s inauguration, the ACLU announced that it plans on filing Freedom of Information Act requests, defending journalists, pushing for protections of people’s First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and standing up for marginalized groups including women, Muslims, non-whites, and the LGBT community. “The first rock in our slingshot is a Freedom of Information Act request asking several government agencies to turn over documents relating to ...

Court Grants Emergency Stay Of Trump's Immigration Ban

... motive is to ban people of the Islamic faith from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. “There is no evidence that refugees – the most thoroughly vetted of all people entering our nation – are a threat to national security,” said CAIR National Litigation Director Lena F. Masri. “This is an order that is based on bigotry, not reality.”. Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, one of the groups representing the Iraqi men detained at JFK, said the lawsuit is directed solely at immigrants who have been caught in legal limbo following Trump’s announcement. The lawyers are trying to expand it into a class action suit to cover the untold number of refugees caught in the same situation. Hincapié said they are planning separate lawsuits challenging the legality of Trump’s executive actions on immigration, partly because they target majority Muslim nations. But she said for now, they simply want to resolve the cases of people who ...

Court Grants Emergency Stay Of Trump's Immigration Ban

... anyone detained at NY airports.". I have directed Port Authority, @NYSDOS , & my Counsel's Office to jointly explore all legal options to assist anyone detained at NY airports __link__/AT 8 p 3 rsts D. — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGov Cuomo) January 28, 2017. Cuomo's tweet linked to a statement in which he objected to refugees being blocked from entering the U. S. "I never thought I'd see the day when refugees, who have fled war-torn countries in search of a better life, would be turned away from our doorstep. We are a nation of bridges, not walls, and a great many of us still believe in the words 'give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses …' " he wrote. "This is not who we are, not who we should be.". Warning: This video may contain language that is not suitable for all ages. The reverberations began only hours after Trump signed the executive order Friday that suspends the entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, halts the ...

After Thousands Protest Immigration Ban, Federal Judge Grants Stay To Detainees

... habeas corpus petition filed by the ACLU on behalf of Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, who were denied entry to the U. S. upon landing at JFK airport." The men have been released, and the stay has also been extended to "100-200 others in airports across country." The stay will remain until hearing on Februrary 21 st. Speaking outside the courthouse, Deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, Lee Gelernt, declared: "No one can be sent back today.". 10 p.m. The ACLU has released this statement. A federal judge tonight granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a nationwide temporary injunction that will block the deportation of all people stranded in U. S. airports under President Trump’s new Muslim ban. The ACLU and other legal organizations filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals subject to President Trump's Muslim ban. The lead plaintiffs have been detained by the U. S. government and threatened with deportation even though they have valid visas to enter ...

Judge Backs Aclu In Lawsuit Over Border Checkpoints

... Arizona-Sonora region and throughout the nation have increased,' the lawsuit states. "Plaintiffs seek the requested records in order to shed light on Border Patrol's extensive but largely opaque interior enforcement operations.'. Those checkpoints have been a continued source of contention between the agency and residents of Arivaca, who say agency operations interfere with their lives. After the lawsuit was filed, the case was put on hold. Attorneys for the government said during that time the agency produced more than 13,000 pages of information. Based on some of what it got, the ACLU in 2015 issued a report saying that abuse of travelers at Southern Arizona checkpoints was at "epidemic levels.'. Homeland Security lawyers now want the FOIA lawsuit dismissed, contending they have provided everything they need to disclose. The ACLU responded that the search was inadequate. So a federal judge hearing the case tasked Velasco with reviewing the claims and what had been produced and coming up with a recommendation. One sought the maximum number of checkpoints, both permanent and ...

Now More Than Ever, The Protection Of The Aclu Is Needed

... 40 departments are out of compliance. The ACLU suggests a standardized complaint form be used by every police agency in the state, “so we can understand whether there is a meaningful process” that accurately and fairly reports complaints against officers. The ACLU has plenty of reason to give this their full attention. According to the ACLU, Connecticut residents have lost confidence in the police’s ability to monitor themselves” on issues such as racial profiling and lawful searches and seizures, said Mc Guire, who noted this was the most consistent message Nutmeggers complained about this past year. The ACLU says it wants to continue building on last year’s successes, which saw reforms to the criminal justice system, and will continue working to increase accountability and transparency in state and local agencies. That is a good thing for Connecticut residents, who must be able to count on and believe in ...

Aclu Accuses D.c. Police Of Violating Rights Of Inauguration Protesters

... detained; and by holding individuals outdoors for excessive periods of time, in some cases up to eight hours, without access to food or bathroom facilities. D. C. prosecutors told CBS News  that 230 protesters would be charged with felony rioting charges, an offense that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fine of up to $250,000. The U. S. Attorney’s Office said that most of those arrested were released without posting bail but must come back to face a judge in February. Maxwell claims the protesters were simply exercising their First Amendment rights, adding that local police used unreasonable force against the protesters “who pose no immediate threat to the officers or others.”. The arrests happened within a four-block area of downtown D. C. during President Trump’s swearing-in ceremony after several protesters smashed windows of businesses and bashed up an occupied limousine before setting it on fire. The injured driver escaped the burning vehicle in time, but protesters caused $100,00 worth of damage not covered by insurance. Police utilized pepper spray and ...

One Wasn’t Enough. Here’s Why The Aclu Is Demanding A Second Confirmation Hearing For Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions

... The Committee should hold a second hearing with Senator Sessions not only because these actions and proposals severely threaten civil liberties and civil rights, but also because several media reports have described Senator Sessions—even while waiting for the committee to vote on his nomination—as an influential advisor to the Trump administration on these issues.  None of these actions had taken place at the time of his first confirmation hearing.  The Committee must hold a second hearing to consider these new developments, Senator Sessions’ role in the developments, and his views on these important orders and proposals. There is precedent for holding a second hearing on a nominee for a top position at the Department of Justice, when the Committee receives consequential new information that it must consider at an open hearing with the nominee.  In October 2005, Chairman Arlen Specter scheduled a second hearing on the nomination of Timothy Flanigan to be ...