Trump Justice Dept. counters rogue judge in latest
refugee ruling, by Ann Corcoran 12/30/17
The Judge who is deciding national
security issues for the benefit of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society which is
paid by the head for every refugee it places in American towns and cities.
Since so many of you have sent me
links about U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle who temporarily halted
the refugee travel ‘ban,’ I thought I better mention the latest.
Although, I must say I hate writing
about this subject (maddening that these unelected judges are deciding national
security issues!), I have to mention that the Justice Department is saying once
again that resettlement contractors have no “bona fide relationship” with
refugees before they are admitted to the US. And, the Hebrew Immigrant
Aid Society (of
course) disagrees.
LOL! I guess this is going to
be pick-on-HIAS week after
all, see my post yesterday where we learned HIAS was placing refugees
in dangerous housing in Pittsburgh. And, don’t miss the latest on their
funding here.
You know who could settle this issue once and for all, if they had any
guts—-Congress!
There was never any “bona fide
relationship” mentioned, let alone defined, in the original Refugee Act of 1980. The
term, and now the wrangling over the definition, was created out of whole cloth
by the US Supreme Court foolishly attempting to write refugee law. (See my
Supreme Court category, here.) So where is Congress?
Here is the latest on the latest
lawsuit (within days it will all change again!) from the Washington Post:
SEATTLE — Lawyers with the Department of Justice have asked a federal
judge to change his order that partially lifted a Trump administration refugee
ban.
Just before Christmas, U.S. District
Judge James Robart in Seattle imposed a nationwide injunction that blocks restrictions on reuniting
refugee families and partially lifted a ban on refugees from 11 mostly Muslim
countries. Robart limited that part of the injunction to refugees who have a
bona fide relationship with people or entities in the United States. He also said that
refugees who have formal agreements with refugee resettlement agencies were
covered under his order.
The government does not want to
include resettlement agencies.
Mark Hetfield speaking at HIAS
anti-Trump rally in New York last February. Rep. Keith Ellison was also a
featured speaker. More than half of HIAS’s funding comes from US taxpayer
dollars. Not only do they sue President Trump, but they organize anti-Trump
rallies like this one. http://lilith.org/blog/2017/02/upstanders/
Government lawyers filed a motion
Wednesday saying that although the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has
interpreted the “bona fide relationship” to include connections to resettlement
agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed that ruling. That means the highest
court indicates it disagrees with the appeals court on that point, the lawyers
say.
Attorneys for refugee support organization HIAS and Jewish Family
Service say the government’s claims are wrong.
In the motion filed Wednesday,
government lawyers cited the Supreme Court’s three stay orders on previous
Trump travel bans as evidence the high court disagrees with letting the bona
fide relationship include refugee resettlement agencies or humanitarian
organizations.
“For individuals, a close familial
relationship is required,” the lawyers wrote. “’As for entities, the
relationship must be formal, documented and formed in the ordinary course,’
such as a relationship between a foreign student and an American university or
between a foreign worker and an American employer.
“Unlike these types of
relationships, refugees do not have a freestanding connection to resettlement
agencies, apart from the refugee admissions process itself, by virtue of the
agency’s assurance agreement with the federal government.”
Bottomline for me is that this all points to one more reason to get rid
of the nine federal contractors that monopolize all resettlement in
America. They are litigious. They are Leftist community organizers. And,
we pay them with our tax dollars to work against the interests of America
First!
I repeat: Where is Congress?
Here are the nine (go here to see how much you involuntarily pay them!). HIAS seems to have become their
litigation arm!
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/trump-justice-dept-counters-rogue-judge-in-latest-refugee-ruling/
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