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Trump Slams Courts By Reading Federal Law on Illegal Aliens – Townhall

Speaking to a conference crowd of local law enforcement officers and leaders in Washington Wednesday, President Trump slammed the courts for what he perceives as lawyering of straight forward immigration law the White House is using to justify his recent travel ban.

Standing at the lectern, Trump read aloud title eight, chapter 12 of U.S. Code which states: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants, or impose on entry of aliens any restrictions may deem to be appropriate."

"This isn't just me, this is for Obama, for Ronald Reagan, for the president," Trump said. "It was done for the security of our nation, the security of our citizens."

The President said he listened to oral arguments surrounding legal challenges to his executive order Tuesday evening in the 9th District Court of Appeals. A ruling from three federal judges who listened to arguments and heavily challenged attorneys on both side of the case is expected Wednesday or Thursday.

"When you read something so perfectly written, it's so clear to anybody," Trump said. "Courts seem to be so political and it would be so great for our court system to read a statement and do what's right."

"Right now, we are at risk because of what happened," Trump continued. "We're doing our job."

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Jorge Ramos worries about ‘raids’ on illegal immigrants – Washington Examiner

Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos said now that President Trump is following through on restricting illegal immigration, he worries that there may be mass "raids" and deportation.

In a column published Tuesday on the website Fusion, Ramos, who famously clashed with Trump during the campaign, said he no longer recognizes the U.S. as his home.

"All I want is for new immigrants to enjoy the same opportunities that I and millions of others throughout American history have received," he wrote. "But for the moment, Trump is making that impossible."

In late January, Trump signed an executive order that instructed law enforcement to more quickly expedite illegal immigrants who commit large crimes. The order also directed the construction of a "physical wall" on the Mexican border.

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"Deporting almost all of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. is now a priority," wrote Ramos. "If this is truly the case, will there soon be widespread raids on homes or workplaces? This executive order makes it seem that anyone who is deemed deportable by an immigration officer is at risk."

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In brief remarks Attorney General Sessions said that he's ready to tackle a surge in crime across the country.

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Indiana’s New Governor Pardoned A Wrongfully Convicted Man After Mike Pence Delayed It For Years – BuzzFeed News

Vice President Mike Pence waves while leaving a Senate policy luncheon. Mario Tama / Getty Images

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The newly-elected Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb has pardoned a wrongfully convicted man whose petition for exoneration was delayed for more than two years by his predecessor, Vice President Mike Pence.

After serving 10 years of a 40-year prison sentence for armed robbery and attempted murder, Keith Cooper was freed when eyewitnesses recanted their testimony against him, new DNA evidence showed he wasnt at the scene of the crime, and a jailhouse informant admitted that he lied to investigators.

Five years later, Coopers pardon petition was presented to the state parole board, who found unanimously that he should be pardoned and have the two serious felony charges wiped from his record.

But after the parole board delivered its recommendation on Cooper to the governors office, Pence sat on the pardon for more than two years claiming that Cooper had not exhausted all other judicial remedies with the courts.

To our knowledge, Mr. Cooper has not filed a petition with the courts in Elkhart County to determine whether post-conviction relief is available, Gov. Pences general counsel Mark Ahearn wrote in a letter to Cooper in September.

After Pence joined the Trump campaign as his VP candidate he resigned the governorship, leaving his successor to deal with the Cooper case. While they waited for further action from the Governors office, Coopers attorney filed a petition this fall for a new trial. And despite being freed from prison, the two felonies remained on Coopers record.

Im tired of people judging me by that conviction. That [Department of Correction] number. Thats not who I am, Cooper told BuzzFeed News in August. Man, I know that better than my own Social Security number.

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In August 2016, BuzzFeed News reported about Coopers wrongful conviction in the 1996 robbery where one man was shot.

Twelve years after the incident, in 2008, shooting victim Michael Kershner and his mother, Nona Canell, gave videotaped statements claiming that they misidentified Cooper.

They said that they believed based on the new evidence that the person whose DNA was found on a hat left behind at the crime scene was the shooter. Canell said that during the investigation she requested numerous times to see a lineup of suspects, but the lead detective on the case, an Elkhart Police detective, assured her that they had the right guy in Cooper.

At an October debate, then-candidate for Governor Eric Holcomb said he understood Pences thinking in letting the judicial process play out.

However, Holcomb, who served as Pences lieutenant governor, appeared to depart from Pences stance that this was a matter for the court to decide, saying that if elected he would like to meet with Cooper and review the facts of the case.

I would look forward to quickly exonerating, quickly pardoning, swiftly if the facts bear that out, Holcomb said.

On Thursday, Holcomb made good on that statement and announced on Twitter that he was pardoning Cooper.

The pardoning makes Cooper the first person in the states history granted clemency based on a finding of innocence.

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Amazon.com: Colin Flaherty: Books, Biography, Blog …

Colin Flaherty is an award winning writer whose work has been published in more than 1000 places around the globe, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Washington Post, Bloomberg Business Week, Time magazine, and others.

He is the author of the Amazon #1 Best Seller: "White Girl Bleed a Lot: The Return of Racial Violence and How the Media Ignore It." And "Don't Make the Black Kids Angry: The Hoax of Black Victimization and Those Who Enable It."

Thomas Sowell: "Reading Colin Flaherty's book made painfully clear to me that the magnitude of this problem is greater than I had discovered from my own research. He documents both the race riots and the media and political evasions in dozens of cities." - National Review.

Anthony Cumia: "Great Book."

Alex Jones of Inforwars.com: "Brilliant. I could not put it down."

From the Bill Cunningham show. It is official: "A wonderful book. Colin Flaherty is a great American."

Neal Boortz: "ColinFlaherty has become Public Enemy No.1 to the leftist media because of the research he's done on the black culture of violence."

WND.com: "Colin Flaherty has done more reporting than any other journalist on what appears to be a nationwide trend of skyrocketing black-on-white crime, violence and abuse."

Milt Rosenberg, WGN: "My compliments to Colin Flaherty for White Girl Bleed a Lot. A very interesting book that points out an important problem that needs to be confronted."

The Houston Examiner said the book was "magic" because "it will give you clarity on why "flash mobs" are such a troublesome issue for American media, politicans and polite conversation."

Jason Lewis called it an "an important and explosive book."

Talk show host Jesse Lee Peterson said: "You must read this book."

Dan Auld, named top columnist of the year from both the San Diego Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists, said "This is a challenging book. An interesting and powerful and ultimately persuasive book by a great American writer not afraid to look at one of the most thought about but unspoken features of American life."

Scott Thompson of CHML radio said it was an "important and serious" book.

He is also the author of Redwood to Deadwood: a 53-year old dude hitchhikes around America. Again.

"Great book by a great guy" -- Marc Middleton, NPR.

"Ultimately, every travel book is a journey of self discovery. And so is this--much like Bill Byrson's A Walk in in the Woods, Keraouc's On the Road, or even Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: You feel as if you are there with him. And this book belongs on the same shelf.

"Great book by a great San American writer." -- John Sryker Meyer, author of the best selling Viet Nam book: "Across the Fence."

What the major media says about Colin Flaherty:

Washington Post. In June 2011, Colin Flaherty won First Place in the Washington Post Spy Novel Writer's contest. He is the only two-time winner.

David Ignatius, best selling author and Washington Post editor, said Flaherty's writing was his "strong favorite," and was "very deft."

Said the Washington Post: "Ignatius was impressed by Flaherty's wiliness, writing: "Clever fellow.""

San Diego Union-Tribune. "It is abundantly clear that Kelvin Wiley would still be locked up were it not for the efforts of an investigative reporter acting on his own, Colin Flaherty, who dug for the facts that should have been seeking to prove Wiley's guilt or innocence."

Los Angeles Times "Time and time again, Flaherty's investigation, which he detailed in an article for the weekly San Diego publication The Reader last fall, raised issues about DiGiovanni's credibility and the thoroughness of the investigation into the incident."

BloombergBusiness Week Draw More Attention to Your Business. By Colin Flaherty

No matter how busy you are, here are three things you can do today to get more attention for your business. In all, it should take less than 30 minutes...

San Diego Business Journal "Colin Flaherty was one of the best reporters I've ever worked with. He was a total bulldog with great sources. If I could assemble a dream-team reporting staff, Colin would be on it!"

Christi Dunn, (former) Editor San Diego Business Journal

As a reporter, he won more than 40 journalism awards, including Best Investigative from the Society of Professional Journalists in San Diego for a story that resulted in the release of an unjustly convicted black man from prison. This case was also featured on Court TV, the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets.

He lives in Wilmington, Delaware, where he (along with his liberal brother ) hosts a talk show on WDEL radio.

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