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Federal judge issues ‘final notice’ to Trump admin over unlawful jailing of immigrants in WV

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A federal judge in West Virginia has issued “a final notice” to the federal government over continued unlawful detaining of immigrants.
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With another ruling that an immigrant was wrongly jailed in West Virginia, a federal judge has issued “a final notice” to the federal government over continued unlawful detaining of immigrants.

U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin wrote that, “The government is wrong. Judges in this district have said that over and over and over.” He added that in each case, the federal government has presented no factual dispute or no legal argument beyond what the court previously rejected.

The judge wrote that, “Continued detention without individualized custody determinations, after this court’s repeated holdings that such detention violates the Fifth Amendment, will result in legal consequences.”

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