Judge will temporarily halt deportations of reunited families

[Gothmog]

The ACLU is moving for a stay of all deportations of families due to the lies told by the trump administration https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/halt-deportations-migrant-reunited-families-688880

A federal judge on Monday said he will issue a temporary halt to deportations of migrant parents who are reunited with their children.

U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw said during court proceedings in San Diego that he will stay deportations pending resolution of the issue.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion earlier in the day that called for reunited migrant parents to be protected from deportation for seven days after being reconnected with their children.

The ACLU, which represents the plaintiffs in a high-profile case over family separations at the border, said the pause was needed to ensure that parents slated for removal can make informed decisions about whether to leave their children behind in the United States.

[Gothmog]

1. Judge Rips Govt's 'Unacceptable' Arguments On Family Separations

The trump administration has pissed off this judge https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/judge-rips-govts-unacceptable-arguments-on-separated-families

Sabraw granted the ACLU a temporary stay blocking the government from swiftly deporting the reunited families while he mulls an injunction. When Justice Department attorney Sarah Fabian complained the move might delay the upcoming reunifications, because ICE has a limited amount of space to hold families and they were counting on that space to be freed up with deportations, he cut her off.

“That’s not an option. That just shouldn’t be happening,” he said tersely. “If space is an issue, the government can make space.”

Sabraw also issued a long, stern scolding from the bench reminding the Trump administration that it “improperly separated parent and child” in the first place and now has the ability and responsibility to bring them back together both quickly and safely, two mandates that he said are not mutually exclusive.

Calling the government’s argument that the fast-tracked reunifications would put children in danger “deeply troubling in many respects,” Sabraw repeated what he has said in several hearings and court orders — that the government has to stop subjecting parents separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border to the same strict vetting procedures as other relatives or sponsors who step forward to claim immigrant children who arrive in the U.S. alone, such as a mandatory DNA test, a criminal background check, and the fingerprinting of everyone who will live in their household.

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2. Get thee to the greatest page

Now

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3. YEAH!

The ACLU was one of the 250 groups that marched in a parade this weekend in San Diego. I had my TRAITOR sign and the people around me really cheered for them specifically. We have too many children detained here at our border. The judge in this case is our hero these days.

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4. I love this Judge.

Trumpsters are messing with the wrong people.

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5. K&R