Federal judge refuses to block immigration enforcement operations in houses of worship
A federal judge on Friday refused to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at houses of worship in a lawsuit filed by religious groups over a new policy adopted by the Trump administration.
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U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington handed down the ruling in a lawsuit filed by more than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans.
The judge found that there have been only a handful of such enforcement actions and the faiths had not shown the kind of legal harm that would justify a preliminary injunction.
바카라 게임 웹사이트At least at this juncture and on this record, the plaintiffs have not made the requisite showing of a 바카라 게임 웹사이트credible threat바카라 게임 웹사이트 of enforcement,바카라 게임 웹사이트 wrote Friedrich, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Nor does the present record show that places of worship are being singled out as special targets.바카라 게임 웹사이트
On Jan. 20, his first day back in office, Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s Republican administration rescinded a Department of Homeland Security policy limiting where migrant arrests could happen. Its new policy said field agents using 바카라 게임 웹사이트common sense바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트discretion바카라 게임 웹사이트 can conduct immigration enforcement operations at houses of worship without a supervisor바카라 게임 웹사이트s approval.
Plaintiffs바카라 게임 웹사이트 attorneys claimed the new Homeland Security directive departs from the government바카라 게임 웹사이트s 30-year-old policy against staging immigration enforcement operations in 바카라 게임 웹사이트protected areas바카라 게임 웹사이트 or 바카라 게임 웹사이트sensitive locations.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In February, a federal judge in Maryland ruled against the Trump administration in a similar case brought by a coalition of Quakers and other religious groups. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chang바카라 게임 웹사이트s order in that case was limited to those plaintiffs.
A judge in Colorado sided with the administration in another lawsuit over the reversal of a similar policy that had limited immigration arrests at schools.
