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Respond to of 1576894 Obama Judicial Appointee Blocks Border Detainment of Central Americans .................................................................................... Breitbart Texas ^ | 02/21/2015 | by Lana Shadwick A federal judge appointed by President Obama has blocked detainment of Central American women and children on the U.S.-Mexico border who allege they are seeking asylum. The judge enjoined the government “from detaining class members for the purpose of deterring future immigration to the United States and from considering deterrence of such immigration as a factor in such custody determinations.” The judge issued his preliminary injunction order on Friday, ruling that “[t]he policy causes irreparable harm to mothers and children seeking asylum.” The judge, James E. Boasberg, serves on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge James E. Boasberg A lawsuit was filed in December 2014 by ten mothers from Central America. They crossed the border in the fall of 2014. The women did not have documentation and were detained by agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, sued U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, and officials in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department. The detainees were allegedly kept for several weeks or months at facilities in Karnes City and Dilley, Texas, and Berks County, Pennsylvania. The judge issued a 40-page opinion which included a finding that this detainment was inappropriate and was done “to send a message that such immigrants, coming en masse, are unwelcome. ” The jurist rejected the government’s claims that the detainment was necessary to national security .... (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...