11-01-2021, 07:50 AM
(10-31-2021, 03:31 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: So why can't people in jail sue for being separated from their families?
That's why it makes ZERO sense.
The Trump administration policy was on shaky legal grounds, both domestically and internationally. There are many experts that said it was a human rights violation and violated international law regarding asylum and dealing with children. Domestically, the separation policy and indefinite detention could have been seen to be a violation of the cruel and unusual clause in the Constitution as well as a violation of our own laws regarding the process of handling asylum cases and dealing with minors.
If U.S. citizens are imprisoned in a manner that violates their rights, they also have the ability to seek damages from the government. Guilty or not.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
