U.S. judge extends halt on Iraqi deportations

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U.S. judge extends halt on Iraqi deportations

By Mica Rosenberg

 

Family members of detainees line up to enter the federal court just before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

 

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday halted the deportation of all Iraqi nationals detained during recent immigration sweeps across the United States until at least July 24, extending a stay that was originally set to expire on Monday.

 

U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith in Detroit said there was "good cause" to extend the stay, which was sought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU says those arrested in immigration enforcement operations last month mostly in Michigan and Tennessee face persecution, torture or death if they are deported to Iraq.

 

Many of 199 Iraqis detained - largely in the Detroit area and in Nashville - were Chaldean Catholics and Iraqi Kurds. Both groups say they could be targeted for attacks in Iraq because they are visible minorities.

 

Those arrested by immigration authorities had outstanding deportation orders and many had been convicted of serious crimes, ranging from homicide to weapons and drug charges, according to the U.S. government.

 

Some of those affected came to the United States as children and committed their crimes decades ago, but they had been allowed to stay because Iraq previously declined to issue them travel documents. The U.S. government considered Iraq one of the recalcitrant countries that refused to accept back people ordered deported by U.S. immigration courts.

 

That changed after Iraq agreed in March to start accepting U.S. deportees as part of a deal that removed the country from President Donald Trump's revised temporary travel ban. 

 

Goldsmith ruled earlier that the stay should be applied to allow detainees time to find legal representation to appeal against their deportation orders.

 

(Reporting by Mica Rosenberg in New York and Steve Friess in Detroit; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-07

[darksidedog]

Well that should drive the racists crazy, but I agree that you can not send someone to a place where they are likely to be tortured or killed. And that isn't just from an International legal perspective. Any person who wants to claim that they have any decent human nature, should also agree, based on common decency and humanity. Hence, anyone disagreeing with the courts decision, will reveal themselves for the uncaring heartless b@stards that they are.

[boomerangutang]

Overpopulation manifests in many different ways - round about 7 billion.

 

If each person = 2 years, together we would have more years than the age of the universe.

[williamgeorgeallen]

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

Well that should drive the racists crazy, but I agree that you can not send someone to a place where they are likely to be tortured or killed. And that isn't just from an International legal perspective. Any person who wants to claim that they have any decent human nature, should also agree, based on common decency and humanity. Hence, anyone disagreeing with the courts decision, will reveal themselves for the uncaring heartless b@stards that they are.

no america killed Saddam and made Iraq a safe place to live.

[Epidemiologist Dave]

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Well that should drive the racists crazy, but I agree that you can not send someone to a place where they are likely to be tortured or killed. And that isn't just from an International legal perspective. Any person who wants to claim that they have any decent human nature, should also agree, based on common decency and humanity. Hence, anyone disagreeing with the courts decision, will reveal themselves for the uncaring heartless b@stards that they are.

So it's OK for some one to commit a homicide in the US but be protected from being killed in their country of origin? I don't think so.

[Nemesis7]

If they committed criminal offense like murder or drugs they can be deported I personally see nothing wrong on that but of some could truly gave fear of persicution and were good law abiding resident in US there is also nothing wrong in it. 

[farcanell]

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Well that should drive the racists crazy, but I agree that you can not send someone to a place where they are likely to be tortured or killed. And that isn't just from an International legal perspective. Any person who wants to claim that they have any decent human nature, should also agree, based on common decency and humanity. Hence, anyone disagreeing with the courts decision, will reveal themselves for the uncaring heartless b@stards that they are.

Lol.... glad to hear I'm not an uncaring and heartless b@st@rd ( although my ex wife would disagree)

 

the court is extending the process for a couple of weeks (at this stage) ?.... this should allow further vetting of refugees / immigrants, which can then be followed by allowing those with genuine reasons to stay, whilst deporting those without, which is how it should be

 

But.... fear of persecution on deportation, because of a crime committed prior to immigration, isn't a valid reason to not be deported... the opposite, in fact. And if, as aliens in the US, they committed crimes, kick em out as well!

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

america killed Saddam

Nope.

Maybe hastened his death by capturing him in a "spider" hole but he was released to custody of Iraqi officials. Saddam was subsequently sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity (Iraqis) by the Iraqi Special Tribunal. 

[williamgeorgeallen]

4 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Nope.

Maybe hastened his death by capturing him in a "spider" hole but he was released to custody of Iraqi officials. Saddam was subsequently sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity (Iraqis) by the Iraqi Special Tribunal. 

yanks had a pretty big role in his death. he was doing a pretty good job or running iraq and probably still would be if america didnt decide to invade and oust him.

[mesquite]

35 minutes ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

yanks had a pretty big role in his death. he was doing a pretty good job or running iraq and probably still would be if america didnt decide to invade and oust him.

That's like saying Kim Jong Un is doing a pretty good job of running North Korea.

[williamgeorgeallen]

7 hours ago, mesquite said:

That's like saying Kim Jong Un is doing a pretty good job of running North Korea.

no it is not. comparing north Korea to Iraq is like comparing apples to diarrhea, verbal diarrhea.