{"id":21530,"date":"2014-08-23T13:50:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=21530"},"modified":"2014-08-23T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T17:50:54","slug":"u-s-faces-suit-over-tactics-at-immigrant-detention-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=21530","title":{"rendered":"“U.S. Faces Suit Over Tactics at Immigrant Detention Center”"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the New York Times, the article<\/a> begins:<\/p>\n

In a challenge to the Obama administration\u2019s strategy for deterring illegal border crossings by Central American migrants, civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday claiming that the government committed egregious due process violations against women and children held for deportation at a detention center in New Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n

The lawsuit<\/a>, brought in Federal District Court in Washington, says that immigration authorities created a system to rush deportations from the temporary center holding about 600 mothers and their children in the isolated desert town of Artesia, N.M. The suit accuses officials of raising numerous legal and practical hurdles to discourage migrants from seeking asylum, after deciding in advance that few petitions would succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBy locking up women and babies, the Obama administration has made it their mission to deport these people as quickly as possible,\u201d said Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center<\/a>, one of the groups bringing the suit. \u201cOur message to the government is simple: Follow the law,\u201d she said during a conference call with reporters. \u201cWe must ensure that every person who interacts with our legal system has a fair hearing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the New York Times, the article begins: In a challenge to the Obama administration\u2019s strategy for deterring illegal border crossings by Central American migrants, civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday claiming that the government committed egregious … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[161,694],"class_list":["post-21530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-civil-rights-lawsuits","tag-pro-bono-lawsuits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t