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Nevada Judge Rules Illegal Re-Entry Law as Unconstitutional

Preston Huennekens — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:02:14 +0000

A judge in Nevada ruled on August 18 that the current law addressing illegal re-entry violates the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment guaranteeing equal protection under the law. This decision could shake the foundations of immigration enforcement in the United States. In her decision, U.S. District Judge Miranda Du, an Obama appointee, wrote that Congress created 8 [...]

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NPR: Illegal Aliens Have Legal Right Not to Get Caught

Matt O'Brien — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:18:33 +0000

Recently, there have been a number of stories in the mainstream media falsely claiming that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has violated illegal aliens’ civil rights by using standard law enforcement techniques to locate immigration violators. National Public Radio (NPR) has now jumped on the bandwagon decrying ICE use of facial recognition technology to [...]

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What SCOTUS Should Consider About Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens

Spencer Raley — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 19:47:03 +0000

If the Supreme Court indeed decides to hear a case on birthright citizenship, there are several important questions that the justices should keep in mind:

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9th Circuit Upholds Block of Travel Freeze, Jeopardizing National Security

FAIR Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:18:22 +0000

A three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to lift District Judge James Robart’s temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocks the Trump administration from implementing its temporary travel freeze. (See FAIR Legislative Update, Feb. 7, 2017) In a unanimous “per curiam” order, the appeals court denied the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request [...]

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FAIR Guest Opinion: Ninth Circuit Defies a Century of Legal Precedent in Ruling

Matt O'Brien — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:48:08 +0000

Last night, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided to continue blocking President Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration. This is a deliberate attempt to shift control over immigration from the political branches to the judicial branch in order to grant foreigners a constitutionally protected “right” to enter the U.S. And the 9th Circuit’s decision [...]

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Has the Media Gone Off the Deep End When it Comes to Immigration?

Matt O'Brien — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:26:33 +0000

CNN’s Ray Sanchez recently published a piece entitled “Immigration Ban? We Were There Exactly 100 Years Ago Today,” claiming that the Trump administration’s Executive Orders (EO) on immigration are “eerily similar” to the Immigration Act of 1917. It also maintains that they target “some of the same people,” implying that the1917 legislation was simply a [...]

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