Portland protesters sue Trump over DHS deployment to quell riots
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(Worthy News) – Portland protesters filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Homeland Security Department on Wednesday, saying the deployment of additional federal officers to quell attacks on the federal courthouse was illegal and unconstitutional.
The lawsuit, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, says acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf isn’t legally holding that job, so his move to send in more officers was illegal.
And the ACLU says the officers went beyond their powers in straying beyond the courthouse grounds and “snatching protesters off the street.” [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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