The inmates are running the asylum. This Administration has served notice on every illegal alien invader across America: do not be afraid – you are above the law.
Eleven illegal aliens who claimed ICE agents “violated their rights” in 2007 raids on their New Haven neighborhood have won a $350,000 settlement from the U.S. government, which also agreed to halt deportation proceedings against the plaintiffs, their attorneys said Tuesday.
New Haven is American’s most notorious “sanctuary city”- the first in the nation to offer identification cards to illegal immigrants, and critics including the mayor have contended the federal sweep was retaliation for the ID program — a charge denied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying planning for the raid began the year before.
The settlement appears to be the largest ever paid by the United States in a lawsuit over residential immigration raids, and the first to include compensation as well as immigration relief, according to Mark Pedulla, a Yale law student who was involved in representing the plaintiffs.
“They hope to be able to offer an example of what can happen when you stand up for your rights,” Pedulla said.
“Rights”? These are foreign nationals, residing in the United States in violation of Federal immigration laws. They have the “right” to be detained and deported.
Ross Feinstein, an ICE spokesman, said the settlement is not intended as an admission of liability on the part of the U.S. government.
“The government is settling in order to avoid the additional time and expense of further litigation,” Feinstein said.
When does the Federal government EVER do that? The Feds have unlimited legal resources. The Bush Administration fought this case tooth and nail on behalf of ICE and the DOJ. It is obvious that the Obama crowd wanted to send a message with this “settlement” and amnesty: illegals aliens are a new “protected class”, and that only the illegals they deem unwelcome, will be prosecuted. the rest may stay.
Here is the backstory of what happened in 2007:
The plaintiffs were among roughly 30 people arrested on the raid in the early morning hours of June 6, 2007.
The men argued the agents drew their weapons, forced them out of bed and frightened young children in some of the homes. They claimed the federal agency was retaliating against New Haven, which has a reputation as a “sanctuary city” for its embrace of illegal immigrants, and that they were targeted solely because of their Latino appearance.
“I remember everything that happened to me that morning as if it were yesterday,” plaintiff Edinson Yangua Calva said. “There are things I haven’t been able to get over, it is something that stays with you forever.”
If I commit a crime, and am arrested in my home, am I absolved of that crime if law enforcement agents “frighten” my children? This is the theater of the absurd.
In June 2009, federal Immigration Judge Michael Straus ruled that agents violated the constitutional rights of four immigrants in the raids. Straus said the ICE agents went into the immigrants’ homes without warrants, probable cause or their consent, and he put a stop to deportation proceedings against the four defendants, whose names were not released. Five of the plaintiffs were still facing deportation proceedings, but those will be halted as part of the settlement agreement, Pedulla said.
So why didn’t the government appeal this ruling? After all the 8th Circuit Appeals Court just last month ruled that illegal aliens do not have the legal right to bear arms because of their criminal invader status. And immigration judges are not like other Federal judges, and can actually be overruled by the Justice Department. No such action was taken here because the Obama DOJ wants to grant amnesty to as many illegals as possible, and reward sanctuary cities for thei lawlessness.
New Haven is the biggest sanctuary city in the U.S. Remember our post in December regarding New Haven Mayor John DeStefano’s plan to extend voting rights to illegal aliens - a clear violation of the 15th Amendment. He also has prohibited police from asking people about their immigration status and spoken out against Secure Communities, which uses fingerprints collected in local jails to identify illegal immigrants who have been arrested.
But instead of suing cities like New Haven (and San Francisco, and Cook County, IL, etc) for violating Federal immigration law, this Administration is instead suing states like Arizona and Alabama for enforcing those laws.
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My US Citizenship just expired, I feel this effects me, I’m offended and therefore must sue as well! ACLU, where are you? I want my piece of the pie to damn It!
It really makes me sick!! The government can not even take care of the Americans born in the U.S. but they can hand out money and benefits to aliens. Let’s help out everyone else and turn their backs on us. I think they need to start worrying about the Americans and let everyone else take care of themselves.
So illegal immigrants can sue, halt deportation… And have “constitutional rights”? … And yet, US Military will have the legal right to arrest and hold AMERICAN CITIZENS and withhold legal due process indefinitely if THEY feel you are a threat to the Obama Nation … !?!
You obviously haven’t actually read that law. I invite you to dive into the bill and actually read it, and all its LIMITATIONS, before you make outrageous claims such as this.
I may have been looking at this issue wrong. If we adopt the ideas Swift proposed in ” A Modest Proposal”, fatten up the anchor babies, and serve them to the affluent, it might offset some of the costs related to illegal immigration. In fact, refusing to allow illegals to leave, forcing them to take fertility drugs, and coming up with some “mexican” recipes which include real mexican infants may feed some native-born homeless people , in addition to politicians and oil barons.
That is just sick it is ppl like you saying stuff like that , that makes me want to keep my kids inside a child has nothing to do with it no child ask to be born. And what about all the americans with ten babies no fathers and gets there cars fixed cloths, money and 900+ in food stamps.
What about them? They are AMERICANS. We will deal with it. It has got nothing to do with you, if you are here illegally. If you are Mexican and are “poor” then go and complain to the Mexican government – the 10th richest nation on Earth – about its oil and gas monopoly, and why it doesn’t share that cash with its people.
So should I put salt on my kids so that you can eat them, you are a sick person. It is one thing to have your own feelings about a subject but to go as far as talking about ppl and kids as if they where some kind of animal is another story. Are you feeding them do they live with you did one take you job, most likely not most likely none of you are affected by any of this ppl just need something to be unhappy about. Turn off the Tv and go watch those hard working illegals play with there kids at the park yeah there me alot of there it’s not like many americans take there kids anymore we give them games, a cell phone and anything eles that keep them content.Well FYI most of them would just love to spend time with you. There is alot we could learn from many latino family’s like a meal or dinner is a time for everyone to sit at the table and talk about there day, do we even sell tables anymore or just matching TV tables.
Why don’t you actually READ “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, so you can understand what “satire” means. Sheesh.
I am a member of a white American family and my family does sit down and eat together every night Monday-Friday + Sunday. All Latino families are not as good and special and you perceive them to be, I have many family friends who would contradict most of your statements. If you are not an American CITIZEN you deserve no rights in AMERICA.
If Obama gets 4 more years, there is no end to what we will be forced to endure in our used to be free country. Just look at what he’s done to this country in the 3 years he’s been in office. He doesn’t love America and is doing everything in his power to tear it down. This is absolutely ridiculous and the news media doesn’t even report it.
Remember….the Media is on his side. The left has always looked at modifying or doing away with the constitution. At this rate, 4 more years of Obama will nearly accomplish all of the above. There was an outrage when it was proposed that we make English the national language. I would be surprised if there was more than a whimper when they do the same for Spanish. At that point, I’d look seriously into relocating.
I am an Arizona Native, my Family has given, hard work, Life and Blood, for our State, Our Country and Our, true, Constitutional Freedoms. My Family, Like all others in existence here, were not indigenous people, they were all migrants, who became ” LEGAL CITIZENS !!! ” – NO EXCUSE PEOPLE, NO EXCUSE “ANYMORE” LEGAL IS LEGAL, ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL – WHAT IN THE WORLD, DOES THE AVERAGE “TRUE AMERICAN” – NOT UNDERSTAND ANYMORE ?? WHAT ?? P.S. – HAVING MANY SPECIAL FRIENDS, I WANT TO MAKE NOTE, THAT IN MY LIST OF “BEST FRIENDS” Several of them are not U.S. Born Citizens. Case “In POINT” Two of the Best – One From the Czech Republic, One from Mexico. Hello !!! – Mexico !! Both, did what they had to do to ENTER Legally – Both Obtained Visa’s, Green Cards, worked Hard, contributed, payed Taxes and “BOTH” went to Become, Legal, American Citizens – LEGAL. !!! Why even have Citizen classes, and pledge the Oath, if it’s just all for show ?? Why ??. If “you don’t belong Here – G T F O – PERIOD. Point Made – Blessings Always – KC – Also, Don’t Like My Comment ?? Say what you want, and PUT IT, where the Sun Does Not Shine, (unless on a nudest beach) “I” – Me, am an “All American Mutt” – So here we go people, Danish, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Greek, England, South American, African. How’s that for a diverse background and Family Tree. Not much Prejudice, or racism there. So ….. EAT IT. – It’s TIME TO “GET REAL” – AMERICA – .. NOW
What has happened to Our country ?
Mexico Happened
IS AMERICAN CITIZEN WAKING UP TO THIS? SO GET OUT AND VOTE ” LET WE THE PEOPLE TAKE BACK THEIR COUNTRY.”
If we Americans do not make a stand ,we will become the minority within these United States. Between Muslims and all of the illegals we have a fight. I for one am not giving up. Save our country now for our descendants. This is a very important election coming up, talk to your friends and neighbors to spread what is happening.
Done right, evidently you are part of the problem .if you have a job now, after you become a minority in the US, you will be like everyone else. Unemployed while our economy continues that downward spiral.
SO if the US gives them the right to BREAK the DAMN LAW does that mean Obama will give me $350k and Amnesty. I want to SEE OBAMA IMPEACHED> We got the highyest unployment rates IN US HISTORY and that wanna be playing president is GIVING the
Illegal Aliens and 350K to take what few jobs are left.IMPEACH THE FRUIT CAKE
SO if the US gives them the right to BREAK the DAMN LAW does that mean Obama will give me $350k and Amnesty if I break the law ,Hell nothe swine wont. I want to SEE OBAMA IMPEACHED> We got the highyest unployment rates IN US HISTORY and that wanna be playing president is GIVING the
Illegal Aliens and 350K to take what few jobs are left.IMPEACH THE FRUIT CAKE. I am calling all LEGAL AMERICANS TO START A PETITION to impeach OBAMA’S @SS
The efforts to make sure this country is one of civility is going to ruin us – go to any other country and do the same illegal actions as was perpetrated by these illegals and you woin’t have time to grab your toothbrush before you are thrown out on your a **, let alolne be able to contest it in a court of law/
First of all there would be no laws in favor of these law breakers in the first place. These efforts to make us look tolerant are going to put us in our grave. Enuf is ehuf – illegal is illegal – violated our laws means just that you violated our laws and guess what? Out you go – we have enuf of our own lawbreakers to contend with. Try this in a middle eastern islamic country and you may noit even have time to save your head let alone yourselfr.
Time to think of the “{real citizens” rights first – it is hard not to go ballistic when hearing of instances like this – and harder to contain oneself when you know it is not just an isolated incident. ..Gotta get these guys out of Washington and get some REAL reps that want to preserve our AMERICAN heritage.
I think one of the biggest things that rubs me raw is that everyone that talks all this B.S about illegals may just be the one’s hanging out at the soup kitchen useing the illegals as a reason not to work. There are jobs out there, your just to lazy to do them. I know I know they pay way to little well nothing is to little for your family but if they paid more everyone would cry about the cost increase in the product. I have been around good hard working familys who do NOT get goverment funds because if you have no ssn you cant apply. Pay cash for everything so not a BIG dept to anyone if anything they may just be keeping our butt’s above water. It would amaze you to know just how much taxes are paid into the goverment that the iLLEGALS dont get back. And since when did the U.S.A start locking small kids up in jail yes we do there is a immigration prison in Tex. that houses women and children awaiting deportation. Can you even think how scared those kids must be, but it is not happening to you are your family so what do you care. I am sure there are millions that would love to get there papers because they have kids and a wife or husband here, But it takes alot of money to apply and there are NO REFUNDS if ya dont make it. If they had that kind of money they would not be here.I remember hearing about the old days when whole family’s traveled hundreds of miles to find work some lost there lives to hunger and God only know what eles, this is not history this is what is going on today they are doing what any good parent,son or daughter would do, WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO SURVIVE. Yes there are some who come here for the wrong reasons and for that reason working out some kind of system with mexico would help us to know who is here and where and really most of them dont want to stay forever they love there home they dont want to come here they do it because they have to save there families. When will the hate here ever end and we wonder why kids are killing kids and we have no control over our own lives anymore we are told what we can and cant do, I think that if they are all deported it would be a good thing would show some of you just how bad thing can really get. I would think that we would want to play nice with a country that bordered us.
Please spare us with the “illegals are doing whatever it takes to survive”. Nonsense. Mexico is the 10th richest nation on Earth, with state-owned monopoly on oil and minerals and tourism. There are dozens of welfare and urban assistance programs – I would be happy to list them here if you like. And every single time you hear about illegals stopped in Arizona, California, Texas, etc., each illegal as paid $3-4,000 to a coyote to get here. If I had $4,000 – in MEXICO, no less – I would buy some food for my family. But of course they are NOT starving. And Americans are NOT sitting in a “soup kitchen refusing to work”. Illegal aliens TAKE JOBS, undercut wages and together with lawbreaking employers, screw the American worker to the wall. Take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y34U07CxVm0. It shows the aftermath of a Sheriff Joe raid of the Chinese restaurant chain in Phoenix, detaining dozens of illegals, almost all of whom were stealing someone else’s identity (one of them stole the ID of a boy who had recently DIED). These are NOT high paying jobs. Yet AMERICAN CITIZENS lined up for hours outside the restaurants to try and get one of those jobs – AS THEY ALWAYS DO. Just like in Alabama, where HB56 has forced tends of thousands of illegals to flee the state – and Americans have moved in to grab those poultry processing jobs, just like they did in 2007 after Bush raided the Swift Meatpacking plant in Colorado. Americans – mostly poor blacks who are decimated by illegals – lined up for a 1/2-mile to grab those jobs. And illegals DO NOTHING to help the Americans economy. They send $30+ billion in cash back to Mexico alone every single year. 70% of the money illegals make in America goes OUT of America. The rest is paid to other illegals in bodegas and cash exchanges. So don’t bother with your sob stories and your lies here. We are not as ignorant as some others you may be able to fool.
Very well said John Hill.
Breaking the law is breaking the law. PERIOD! Age and gender has nothing to do with it . The kids scared? He should be angry his parents put him in this situation. So my wife and kids can break into your house and you wouldn’t call the cops? Sweet, they will be right over. Oh, and by the way hope you don’t mind feeding,clothing,providing medical benifits for them.
Oh my GOD…give me a break. Enough of this BS. What do you not understand about the word ILLEGAL? The 1st thing that is done in this country is break the law. Great start!! Get in line & work hard to come to this country LEGALLY like many before you have.
I AM A RETIRED UNITED STATES POSTAL WORKER AND HAVE BEEN DENIED A COLA INCREASE FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS SO WHAT GIVES OBAMA THE RIGHT TO BE GIVING ILLEGALS MONEY OF ANY KIND. I WOULD DARE ANYONE TO TRY AND GO TO MEXICO AND GET A GOOD PAYING JOB WITHOUT DOCUMANTATION AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THEY WOULD PROBABLY LOCK YOU UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY.
The long winded comments seem to be written by the most illiterate. I am interested in the subject, but I’m having a difficult time understanding what these people are even saying. Please proof read before you click submit.
Now on the matter its self: the govt should cut ice a bigger check, not contest deportation ever, and build bigger walls.
the pukes in Congress have let this get out of control because of their absolute incompetence
1 out of 26 in NY is illegal
1 OUT OF 15 IN CALIFORNIA is illegal
1 out of 13 in Texas
1 out of 24 in the country is an illegal alien
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageNavigator/facts/state_data_CA
obama will finish running this country in the ground . he is attacking religous liberties now. if he gets re -elected what will he take take next . the right to vote ! vote against obama !!!
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Set up public target ranges along the borders and night vision as a bonus for joining in the first 30 days. I guess this just means equal opportunity to help out our border patrol and become stellar shots at the same time. Teach your kids the proper way to handle a firearm.
Safety and piece of mind goes along way.