Jama v. U.S.I.N.S.U.S. District Court RFRA RFRA Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 RFra Rhine Franconian (linguistics) -- Religious Freedom Restoration Act The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (, also known as RFRA) is a 1993 United States federal law aimed at preventing laws which substantially burden a person's free exercise of their religion. Jama v. U.S.I.N.S., 343 F.Supp.2d 338 (D.N.J. 2004). Undocumented aliens who were detained pending determination of their asylum status brought an action alleging inadequate living conditions living conditions npl → condiciones fpl de vida living conditions npl → conditions fpl de vie living conditions living , torture, beatings, and other mistreatment mis·treat tr.v. mis·treat·ed, mis·treat·ing, mis·treats To treat roughly or wrongly. See Synonyms at abuse. mis·treat at a facility operated by a private contractor. The court held that officials of the contractor were not government employees, and therefore the aliens' claims were not barred by a previous settlement agreement between the aliens and the United States, which included non-tort claims. The district court denied summary judgment in part, finding that issues of fact as to whether the burdens placed on the aliens' exercise of religion were in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and were the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The court found that the aliens could seek money damages against guards, in their individual capacities, for alleged violation of their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). (Facility operated by Esmor, Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 120,568, making it New Jersey's fourth largest city (by population). The population of Elizabeth was 126,179, as of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate. ) |
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