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Thread ID: 6554 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2003-05-08
2003-05-08 15:28 | User Profile
U.S. is sued for deaths of crossers $42M is sought by families of 14 illegal entrants
ARIZONA DAILY STAR Thursday, 8 May 2003
The families of 14 illegal entrants who died crossing the desert east of Yuma in May 2001 have filed a $42 million lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The lawsuit claims federal border policy forced the immigrants to enter through a treacherous desert area southwest of Tucson known to have little water and that Humane Borders was refused permission to place a water station "in the exact area" where the crossers died.
The lawsuit, filed April 30 in U.S. District Court in Tucson, seeks about $3 million for the families of each of the victims for damages including pain, suffering, grief and expenses.
The border crossers spent five days trekking across the desert in temperatures of more than 110 degrees. The U.S. Border Patrol found the first survivors on May 23, 2001.
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The multimillion-dollar lawsuit to benefit families of people who entered the country illegally is wrong, said Wes Bramhall, president of Arizonans for Immigration Control, a Tucson group that advocates support of the Border Patrol and more stringent border policy.
"It's ridiculous," he said. "These people knew what they were doing. They knew they were breaking the law."
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2003-05-09 03:43 | User Profile
American citizens should really get together and sue the Mexican government actually. Wait. Forget that, the US taxpayer is going to have to bail them out anyway if they run out of cash again.
This is utterly insane. This should be immediately thrown out with any so-called lawyer and illegal scum who are wasting my country's time and effort.