U.S. judge in immigrants case blasts Trump's 'vicious' comments
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he could not ignore what he called vicious comments about Latinos made by President Donald Trump as he considers whether to block the presidents decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation.
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said at a hearing in Brooklyn that the Republican presidents comments could be evidence that his September decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, was motivated by Trumps animus toward Latinos, violating the U.S. Constitutions guarantee of equal protection under the law.
In this country, in over 230 years, this is not ordinary, Garaufis said, referring to Trumps comments on Twitter and elsewhere. Its extreme. Its recurring. Its vicious.
The judge did not specify the Trump remarks with which he was taking issue. But Trump critics often point to his claim that Mexico was sending rapists and murderers into the United States, his disparaging words about a U.S. judge of Mexican-American heritage and other comments.
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January 30, 2018 / 2:42 PM / Updated 15 minutes ago
Brendan Pierson
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(5,210 posts)Those poor Dreamers have been through too much already.
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(70,242 posts)Smart judge.
Karen Tumlin, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, argued that the administration had violated federal law by abruptly cutting off DACA with little explanation. Pezzi countered that the administration had ordered an orderly wind-down of DACA. Under Trumps action, DACA is set to expire in March.
Often called Dreamers, hundreds of thousands of young adults, mostly Hispanics, have been granted protection from deportation and given work permits under DACA, which was created in 2012 under Trumps Democratic predecessor Barack Obama.
Garaufis is presiding over a lawsuit brought by several DACA recipients and by states including New York, Massachusetts and Washington. They are asking Garaufis to issue an injunction preserving DACA. Garaufis did not issue a ruling on Tuesday or say when he would.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco issued a Jan. 9 order keeping DACA in place, which Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn.