Detroit: Judge Halts Deportation of Over 100 Iraqi Christians

Carrie Dedrick : Jun 26, 2017
Christian Headlines

Attorneys for the Iraqis argued "that the group would be persecuted or face death if returned to Iraq."

[Christian Headlines] A federal judge has temporarily blocked a group of 114 Iraqis living in Detroit from deportation. The Guardian reports most of these Iraqis are Chaldean Christians, but had been subject to deportation orders for pending criminal charges or overstaying visas. (Photo credit: Tanya Moutzalias/AP/via The Guardian UK)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) recently arrested the 114 Iraqis in a series of raids. But attorneys challenged the deportation orders, arguing that the group would be persecuted or face death if returned to Iraq.

Judge Mark Goldsmith's move places deportation on hold for two weeks...

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