Illegals Running To Court Again
by Jeff Davis
What do liberals and lefties always do when they can’t get what they want via the normal legislative or political process? They go running to the courts. Now the illegal aliens are taking a leaf out of the old liberal playbook in order to win the “right” to break the law with impunity. Various Hispanic pressure groups have already gone running to the courts in order to prevent local authorities in various places around the country from enforcing the law. Now they’re doing it on a Federal level, and they’re targeting the Immigration Department (ICE) itself.
The Associated Press tells the tale: “Immigration authorities violated Hispanic families’ civil rights by raiding their homes without court warrants, sometimes bursting in before dawn to look for people who didn’t live there, according to a federal lawsuit. The suit was filed Thursday on behalf of 15 people—including seven U.S. citizens—who say their suburban homes were raided earlier this year. Arguing that the raids violate constitutional protections against unreasonable searches, the suit seeks unspecified damages and a halt on the home raids until Immigration and Customs Enforcement develops legal guidelines for them.” (In other words give the Bush administration an excuse to stop the few token raids ICE has been carrying out and run out the clock, before he dumps the whole mess in Hillary’s lap.) (more…)