COURT WON'T HALT DEPORTATION OF IMMIGRANTS.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services A group of Palestinians living in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , including a Glendale resident, cannot block their deportation by accusing federal authorities of singling them out as sponsors of foreign terrorists, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. A five-member majority of the court ruled that aliens who are in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. unlawfully have no right to ask federal courts to thwart deportation based on alleged selective enforcement of immigration rules The Immigration Rules of the United Kingdom are laid down by Parliament and provide the framework within which entry to the United Kingdom is administered. The requirements for Leave to Enter or Leave to Remain under different categories of the Rules are provided as well as . For federal officials, the ruling removed a significant hurdle in the government's 12-year effort to deport de·port tr.v. de·port·ed, de·port·ing, de·ports 1. To expel from a country. See Synonyms at banish. 2. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport. the so-called ``L.A. Eight.'' Attorneys for the Palestinians say the decision limits all aliens' free-speech rights. ``Our nation of immigrants has now been silenced by the court,'' said defense attorney Marc Van Der Hout with the National Lawyers' Guild. ``The Supreme Court is now saying that if you speak out against injustices in your home country or even this country, you can be singled out and deported for that.'' For Khader Hamide, one of the defendants, the ruling was ``shocking and depressing.'' ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what I can say or cannot say right now,'' said Hamide, 44, a permanent resident who came here 30 years ago and currently lives in Riverside County. He lived in North Hollywood for four years until 1991. Another defendant lives in Glendale. Hamide said he believed the government was trying to set a precedent with this case, rather than simply deport him and the other defendants. ``It's very scary for all immigrants to think that if they engage in discussion - if a student on the (Cal State) Northridge campus is engaged in advocating something the government doesn't like - then that person can be deported without any recourse through the federal court system.'' Van Der Hout and said he and co-counsel David Cole David Cole may refer to:
INS resumes deportation hearings in coming months. Charles Hobson, a lawyer for the conservative Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, praised the decision. ``As America faces a growing threat of terrorist acts, it has become critically important that our government be able to identify and quickly remove foreign nationals who encourage such acts from our midst,'' he said. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the court that ``as a general matter . . . an alien unlawfully in this country has no constitutional right to assert selective enforcement as a defense against his deportation.'' Joining him in that conclusion were Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. , Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. |
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