Backlash grows after Clinton-appointed judge frees migrants over ICE agent masking
A Bill Clinton-appointed federal judge is among several drawing criticism for continuing to order the release of some of the 650 illegal immigrants arrested by ICE in Operation Country Roads.In...
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A Bill Clinton-appointed federal judge is among several drawing criticism for continuing to order the release of some of the 650 illegal immigrants arrested by ICE in Operation Country Roads. In one case that drew public attention, Judge Joseph Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia granted the release of Salvadoran national Anderson Jesus Urquilla-Ramos, a decision the man’s attorney told Bloomberg Law "reinforces that immigration enforcement must operate within constitutional limits." In his order, Goodwin lashed out at ICE agents’ masks and warrant-free arrests, saying "antiseptic judicial rhetoric cannot do justice to what is happening." Goodwin characterized DHS’ behavior as an "assault on the constitutional order [and] what the Fourth Amendment was written to prevent," according to WVMetroNews , and he permitted habeas corpus, a detained defendant’s ability to challenge his confinement. FEDERAL JUDGE’S ‘UNHINGED’ ORDER IN MIGRANT CASE IGNITES REPUBLICAN FURY, IMPEACHMENT DEMAND In Goodwin’s order releasing Yuri Aroca and Arley Valenzuela, he lambasted their detention after a traffic stop along the West Virginia Turnpike near Pax, West Virginia. "I am not blind to the practical demands of immigration enforcement, including cooperation between state and federal authorities, but the Constitution presupposed restraint as the default of lawful authority," he wrote in his ruling. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.V., who represents the southern half of the state, did not hold back in her response to the situation. "If Judge Goodwin experienced even 1% of the threats and harassment that ICE officers receive, he might have had the courage to make a ruling based on the law and not his personal political agenda," Miller said. "Thankfully, he, his family and his home are free from the fear of doxxing and danger coming from the radical leftists — our ICE agents are not as fortunate." Miller said masking protects ICE agents from those who want to harm them and keeps their…