“Laying Out a Case for Deporting” Flashcards
what has the law done?
In recent years, it has stretched out to grab foreign nationals who found refuge in the United States after committing or sanctioning political murder, torture and other human rights abuses in their home countries.
what is the reasoning behind the deportations?
Those responsible for monstrous deeds, regardless of how far away and how long ago, have no business being here.
what will the ranks of the deported include if the immigration courts have their war?
two Salvadoran generals who were defense ministers in the 1980s
how has the attitude of the immigration judges in Floria changed over the past two years?
Over the past two and a half years, immigration judges in Florida have ruled that the generals bore responsibility for assassinations and massacres, and deserve now to be “removed” — bureaucratese for deported.
what was the 12 year civil war like in el salvador?
A United Nations Truth Commission concluded in 1993 that the conflict had left about 75,000 people dead and one million displaced — this in a country of five million or so. Both sides terrorized civilians.
what murders deeply shocked the world?
Murders that deeply shocked many around the world were those of clergymen and women who had spoken out on behalf of El Salvador’s impoverished masses.
what murders deeply affected americans?
For many Americans, the killings that hit home hardest took place on Dec. 2, 1980,Salvadoran national guardsmen — five were eventually found guilty — murdered four American churchwomen who worked in that country with the poor.
why did robert white say about the military and why they would kill these women?
He said the military was out of control. In the eyes of the military, identification with the poor was the same as identification with revolution,” he said.
who did the responsibility of the murders of the churchwomen fall on?
But in immigration court cases pursued in the United States, responsibility fell upon, among others, the two generals living out their lives in Florida.
in recent years how has immigration laws in regards to the united states being a haven for foreigners changed?
In recent years, relying on a 2004 law prohibiting human rights abusers from entering or living in this country, Washington has broadened its scope to include violators from all over.
