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Below is a description of the latest development in the la8 case.<br>
Outrageous!!!<br><br>
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Once again the government has added new charges of deportability
against<br>
long-time lawful permanent residents Khader Hamide and Michel
Shehadeh.<br><br>
The latest charges, filed last week by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement<br>
(ICE), are brought under the recently passed REAL ID Act and allege
that<br>
Hamide and Shehadeh are members of the PFLP. Like the PATRIOT charges,
these<br>
are charges that didn't exist at the time Hamide and Shehadeh were<br>
organizing fundraisers for humanitarian organizations in the Middle
East.<br>
These latest charges make "membership" a deportable offense,
bringing this<br>
18-year old case back where it started. In 1987, the LA 8 were charged
with<br>
advocating world communism, based on their political associations.
Congress<br>
ultimately repealed that provision of law after several federal courts
found<br>
it violated the Constitution.<br><br>
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Stay tuned for further updates and possible hearing dates if and as
they<br>
develop.<br><br>
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Committee For Justice For The LA8<br>
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