Southern Poverty Law Center sues ICE for alleged unlawful raids in Georgia
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement alleging unconstitutional immigration raids in Georgia.
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“ICE agents preyed upon vulnerable families using fear and lies to improperly enter homes – without cause – and detain people who were legally present in the U.S.,” said Lisa Graybill, deputy legal director at the SPLC. “The safety of home and the freedom from unlawful searches and seizures are among America’s most fundamental values, and law enforcement officials at all levels are legally required to protect these constitutional rights. The anything-goes method of the ICE agents in these raids obliterated due process, tore families apart, and did nothing to enhance national security.”
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The SPLC, based in Montgomery, Ala., is calling for ICE to "immediately halt the use of these unconstitutional and deceptive practices, and is seeking damages for subjects of the raids under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress," according to the news release. Earlier this year, the organization also released a comprehensive report featuring stories from women impacted by the ICE raids.
"In one instance, ICE agents impersonated police officers searching for a criminal suspect, and threatened a family member with arrest for obstruction of a fictitious criminal investigation for denying them entry into his home," the release reads. "In two other raids, ICE agents falsely claimed they were local police officers searching for a criminal suspect in the home. They showed the residents a photo of an African-American man whom they claimed was the suspect in a criminal investigation, in order to gain entry into the home.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article189749284.html
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False imprisonment. That's why Sanctuary Cities are really Fourth Amendment Cities or Constitutional Cities.
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Do these rights apply to illegal aliens; who, by definition, are criminals??
What a bunch of bullshit.
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No.....this is what's bullshit
Read my comment.
And, here is why the Sanctuary Cities idea is a falsehood:
As long as ICE has a warrant, it doesn't matter what their tactics are for entering the house. If the SPLC can prove that ICE had no warrant, they have a case. Otherwise, the SPLC is up a creek without a paddle.