Two new court rulings limit certain administration policies on immigration.
Yesterday a federal judge ruled that the White House’s use of federal troops in law enforcement operations in Los Angeles was illegal, reports Peter Charalambous of ABC News.
The judge ruled that the deployment of federal troops violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the use of federal troops’ involvement with civil law enforcement unless given permission by Congress.
The judge pointed to extensive evidence that troops were engaging in the execution of domestic law, including immigration enforcement raids. The ruling sets strict guidelines for deployed troops in American cities, Charalambous notes.
Also yesterday, a conservative-leaning appeals court ruled against the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, as Gareth Vipers reports in The Wall Street Journal. The ruling comes after a separate appeals court on Friday blocked the administration’s effort to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans, per Janie Har of the Associated Press.
Elsewhere, after a federal judge’s ruling prevented the departure of planes with Guatemalan children who arrived unaccompanied in the U.S., the Guatemalan government says it suggested that the minors be returned to their home country, reports Chiara Eisner of NPR.
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HAITIANS AT RISK — In Springfield, Ohio, Haitians with a deadline to leave the country are facing even more urgent problems, reports Danae King of The Columbus Dispatch. Problems with work permits are threatening their ability to support themselves for the five months until their Temporary Protected Status expires. Returning to Haiti would be a “death sentence,” advocates have said. The anxiety among Haitians in Danville, Virginia, gets a look from Grace Mamon of Cardinal News.
EFFECTS ON FAMILIES — The Trump administration is requiring parents looking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. unaccompanied to attend immigration interviews, reports Valerie Gonzalez of the Associated Press. Some parents then have been arrested, with their children left in U.S. custody, advocates say. Separately, as a new school year begins, immigration enforcement is causing fear in schools, reports Jeff Brumley of Baptist News Global.
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THE REBUILDERS — Thousands of Latino immigrants who helped rebuild New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina now fear deportation, reports Bobbi-Jeanne Misic of Verite News. “We’ve been here for you through all of this. … Help us to at least be able to live with certitude that will be able to make it home safely without being hunted down,” said Olga, a woman originally from Mexico who helped clean up the city in the wake of the storm’s destruction 20 years ago.
LEARNING AND CONNECTING — A Green Bay, Wisconsin, nonprofit has been helping immigrant children keep up with their studies and make connections during the summer, reports Nadia Scharf of the Green Bay Press Gazette. The Community Services Agency, or COMSA, connects new immigrants and refugees to resources. “We come from different cultures, but now we are here. We should not forget our culture, but we should be adapted with the culture we are living in here,” said Asif Ariazai, COMSA’s bookkeeper.
