Under no circumstances should any alien not yet legally admitted to the United States be held to have any rights beyond the right to continue breathing.
The case of a Juárez woman who said she was physically abused in 2001 by an immigration officer at the Paso del Norte Bridge prompted a decision by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals this month that non-U.S. citizens have constitutional rights at ports of entry."It doesn't matter whether you are a U.S. citizen or not, you have rights. It may seem obvious but nobody had said it before," said El Paso lawyer Lynn Coyle, who represents the woman, Maria Antonieta Martinez-Aguero.
The decision sets a precedent and could lead to more lawsuits on the border, legal experts said.
The decision came in response to a preliminary motion by the immigration officer seeking to dismiss the case on grounds that his alleged victim did not have constitutional rights to be free from false imprisonment and the excessive use of force by law enforcement officers because she had not made official entry into the United States, among other reasons.
The officer, Humberto Gonzalez, now a Border Patrol agent, denies the abuse.
"By no means did he do the things she said he did," said his lawyer, Jeanne "Cezy" Collins.
What this decision means, in effect, is that the US Constitution applies to foreigners before they are even in the United States as defined by the laws of the United States and relevant court precedents dating back decades. Stupid decision -- even more stupid than holding that illegal aliens have rights under the Constitution and laws of the United States.
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If the officer did the things the illegal alien alleges why didn't he get prosecuted or even fired? Goldigger looking trying to get a settlement!
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