[Ppnews] Government brings new charges against the LA8

[PPnews at freedomarchives.org]

Below is a description of the latest development in the la8 case.
Outrageous!!!


Once again the government has added new charges of deportability against
long-time lawful permanent residents Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh.

The latest charges, filed last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE), are brought under the recently passed REAL ID Act and allege that
Hamide and Shehadeh are members of the PFLP. Like the PATRIOT charges, these
are charges that didn't exist at the time Hamide and Shehadeh were
organizing fundraisers for humanitarian organizations in the Middle East.
These latest charges make "membership" a deportable offense, bringing this
18-year old case back where it started. In 1987, the LA 8 were charged with
advocating world communism, based on their political associations. Congress
ultimately repealed that provision of law after several federal courts found
it violated the Constitution.


Stay tuned for further updates and possible hearing dates if and as they
develop.


Committee For Justice For The LA8

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