Posted on 11/03/2018 3:19:12 PM PDT by Kaslin
Illegal aliens traveling on the caravan from Central America on Thursday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice for what they say is a violation of their constitutional rights. The lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C. on behalf of six illegal aliens and their children, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to 12, Fox News reported.
According to the caravan riders, the Trump administration violated their Fifth Amendment, which says "no person… shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
According to the lawsuit, Trump is violating federal law by preventing asylum seekers from entering the United States.
“The legal problem with Trump’s plan to stop caravan persons from entering this country is that Plaintiffs are seeking asylum, and Trump simply cannot stop them from legally doing so by using military, or anyone,” the suit says, NBC News reported.
The lawsuit also brings to issue President Trump's plan to hold caravan riders in tents, similar to what Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona did in Phoenix, which he detailed during an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham. The plaintiffs allege that Trump violated the Flores Agreement, which dictates how federal authorities can and cannot house children and the length of their detention. Under the Flores Agreement holding facilities must have toilets, sinks, drinking water, temperature control, and minors must have adequate supervision and contact with family.
“The President is violating federal law, trampling the rights of Americans and legal immigrants to be free from use of the military for law enforcement, and has set up a potential catastrophe at the US/Mexico border all in the name of white nationalism and with the objective of scoring political points,” Mike Donovan, president of Nexus Services, the immigration services company funding the suit, said in a statement.
President Trump has said he is ending the catch-and-release program that is currently in place.
"These illegal caravans will not be allowed into the United States and they should turn back now because they're wasting their time. They should apply to come into our country. We want them to come into our country," Trump said. "No nation can allow itself to be overwhelmed by uncontrolled masses of people rushing their border."
President Trump goes one-on-one with Laura Ingraham
WHAT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT???
F em’.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Americans didn’t have to pay their legal fees
*No Standing.
I guess they figure they can tie it up in the courts even before they get here, thus at least allowing them a seat in one of the tents.
They have NO constitutional rights. But, for the sake of this, we should turn them away as they have pending litigation. Tell them to come back once that is resolved.
In our eyes only.
Forced to be a witness against themselves....
Is that like when people told them to go screw themselves?
And I keep hearing opposite lawyer views: Isn’t OUR U.S. Constitution for people in OUR country? Some say illegals have our rights once they show up. During that crime.
If we go to Seychelle Islands do we get their citizens’ rights and maybe ask for their old age pension plan checks to start the following day? A right.
F’em and I’ll ask the obvious. Do they have standing to sue?
They lake both jurisdiction and standing.
Some sleaze lawyers are with them?
Applicants would have no standing in the eyes of an impartial court.
Of course, not all courts in the US Federal system are equally impartial.
Get some venue that has been infested with the wrong kind of judges on the bench, and darned near ANYTHING can be presented to some of these Federal courts.
Why not put this and the average legal fee estimated cost on ads for the GOP?
Show some muscular illegals and plaster the money amounts on their faces on ads.
How many illegals from last year and years before that are no longer on full welfare and Medicare now? Don’t look now but almost none based on estimates of how many are actually arriving each year. Millions.
Eric Holder has some time on his hands a little pro bono work.
Only a democrat could proffer such convoluted logic.
Is a great idea but I wonder if our boys and girls have that kind of brass. Too many of our own boys and girls in positions of authority don’t represent the US Citizens
Interesting.
So how do I go about suing Mexico and those south?
Their people are costing me real money and I deserve reimbursement.
News Flash: YOU won’t be entering the US illegally.
Game Over for that.
Constitutional rights are only for citizens.
Too bad, so sad.
Good thing Trump is doing some house cleaning in the courts.
And you cannot seek asylum in the US as Mexico already offered you asylum which absolves any other country that you try to enter.
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