{"id":2404735,"date":"2025-02-20T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-temporarily-bars-dhs-from-deporting-eight-asylum-seekers\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:17:46","slug":"judge-temporarily-bars-dhs-from-deporting-eight-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-temporarily-bars-dhs-from-deporting-eight-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge temporarily bars DHS from deporting eight asylum seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-temporarily-bars-dhs-from-deporting-eight-asylum-seekers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has \u200dtemporarily halted the\u200d Department \u200cof Homeland Security \u200c(DHS) from \u200bdeporting eight asylum seekers who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-marik-doctors-are-targeted-for-prescribing-off-label-meds-for-covid-19\/\" title=\"Dr. Marik: Doctors are targeted for prescribing off label meds for COVID-19\">face severe risks<\/a> if returned to their countries.U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss issued a 96-hour\u200c stay, pausing deportations while he assesses whether he has\u2063 jurisdiction to stop the DHS\u2019s actions. The asylum seekers,represented by legal organizations such as the National Immigrant Justice Center \u2062and the ACLU,claim they fled their\u2062 home countries due to threats \u2064of\u2064 violence and \u2062persecution. The judge has ordered \u2062the Trump \u2064management to submit arguments\u200d regarding his authority by \u200cFriday, with a response from the plaintiffs due \u2064the following day. This case \u200dis part \u2064of a larger legal confrontation concerning a proclamation\u2062 by \u200cPresident Trump aimed at toughening immigration enforcement at\u2062 the southern border.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge temporarily bars DHS from deporting eight asylum seekers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1966763\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge on Thursday temporarily barred the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> from deporting eight migrant asylum-seekers who claimed they would face severe violence and threats if returned to their countries of origin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, issued a 96-hour hold on Thursday, pausing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>&lsquo;s deportations until noon on Monday while attorneys brief him on whether he has the authority to halt the DHS from proceeding with the removals. Lawyers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice Department<\/a> argued Thursday morning that Moss lacks jurisdiction to intervene in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In an emergency motion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">filed<\/a> one day before the Thursday hearing, groups representing the asylum-seekers asserted that the eight individuals faced immediate risk of deportation. The migrants are represented by the National Immigrant Justice Center, the American Civil Liberties Union&rsquo;s Immigrants&rsquo; Rights Project, and the Center for Gender &amp; Refugee Studies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.277039\/gov.uscourts.dcd.277039.1.0_5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">complaint<\/a>, the plaintiffs fled their home countries to escape persecution, violence, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-police-tend-to-shoot-people-for-same-reasons-regardless-of-race\/\" title=\"Reports: Police tend to shoot people for same reasons, regardless of race\">life-threatening situations<\/a>. Two Afghan asylum-seekers, A.M. and Z.A., fled with their young children, fearing Taliban retaliation for their political beliefs. N.S., from Ecuador, escaped domestic abuse and threats from her ex-partner, a police officer. Another Ecuadorian, B.R., survived cartel violence, including kidnapping and torture, and fears being targeted again. G.A., from Brazil, risks severe domestic abuse if deported, while M.A., from Egypt, endured imprisonment and torture for his pro-democracy activism and fears further persecution.<\/p>\n<p>However, some of the plaintiffs involved may have already been subject to deportations by the Trump administration. During the hearing, a DOJ attorney informed Moss that N.S. may have already been removed from the country,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/politics\/federal-fallout\/judge-grants-96-hour-reprieve-as-asylum-seekers-warn-they-could-be-sent-to-taliban-refugee-trump-noem-dhs-homeland-security-immigration-ecuador-egypt\/65-78693d8b-aaea-4960-a894-6874f1985ae2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to a local CBS affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is part of a broader legal battle over President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/guaranteeing-the-states-protection-against-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">proclamation<\/a> declaring the situation at the southern border an &ldquo;invasion&rdquo; and directing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to &ldquo;repel, repatriate, or remove&rdquo; noncitizens crossing the border.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.277039\/gov.uscourts.dcd.277039.10.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">motion to dismiss<\/a> filed on Feb. 11, DOJ attorneys described the groups servicing the plaintiffs as &ldquo;organizations that provide legal services to aliens&rdquo; and defended the president&rsquo;s proclamation, emphasizing that &ldquo;millions of aliens who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">potentially pose significant threats<\/a> to health, safety, and national security have moved into communities nationwide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs argue that the proclamation unlawfully expands the president&rsquo;s powers under the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows the suspension of entry but does not permit summary expulsion of noncitizens already on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Proclamation is as unlawful as it is unprecedented,&rdquo; the complaint said. &ldquo;Indeed, the Proclamation does not even exempt unaccompanied children, despite the specific protections such children receive by statute.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the DOJ contends that INA&rsquo;s provisions have largely been rendered &ldquo;ineffective&rdquo; due to the sheer number of illegal border crossings each year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President thus determined that &lsquo;the current situation at the southern border qualifies as an invasion,&#8217;&rdquo; the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3310215\/white-house-migrant-flights-guantanamo-bay-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE SAYS MIGRANT FLIGHTS TO GUANTANAMO BAY HAVE BEGUN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moss gave the Trump administration until midnight on Friday to submit arguments on why he lacks authority to prevent the removals. Plaintiffs and refugee groups must respond by midnight on Saturday. A hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate but related matter, a federal judge on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.nmd.506841\/gov.uscourts.nmd.506841.50.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">blocked<\/a> the Trump administration&rsquo;s effort to transfer three Venezuelan immigrants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guantanamo-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Guantanamo Bay<\/a>. The men had won a restraining order preventing their transfer but were instead deported directly to Venezuela on Monday. This comes as the administration continues using an Army post in El Paso, Texas, to send Venezuelan immigrants to Guantanamo as part of its immigration enforcement crackdown.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1966763\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1966763\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge halts DHS deportation of eight asylum seekers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2404736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/border-patrol-arrests.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6184,7492,50433],"class_list":["post-2404735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportation","tag-dhs","tag-judge-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/border-patrol-arrests.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404739,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404735\/revisions\/2404739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}