Lawsuit: Illegal Alien’s Family Says Deportation Violates Their Religious Beliefs

Juan Rodriguez’ wife and daughters filed a lawsuit in federal court in Houston urging that he cannot be deported because doing so would violate the family’s religious rights. The Rodriguez family are Seventh-Day Adventists and claim their religion requires the family to stay together.

Immigration officials informed Rodriguez that he is scheduled to be deported on June 29. On Monday, the El Salvadoran’s wife and three daughters filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency.

The plaintiffs are asking for a declaratory judgment and for injunctive relief to stop Rodriguez’ deportation. They urge that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) should apply to the Rodriquez family who are United States citizens. One of their lawyers told Breitbart Texas that this legal argument has never been made in an immigration case.

David M. Medina, a former justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, was one of the lawyers that filed the federal complaint.

Rodriguez has lived in Houston with his family for over 20 years, and he has been working as an auto mechanic. He pays taxes and has a work visa and has been reporting to ICE, the lawsuit states. His eldest daughter is a naturalized citizen, and the other two girls are citizens by birth. His wife became a citizen in 2010.

Rodriguez’ wife and children say the family will move back to El Salvador if their father is removed. They urge that if he gets deported it would amount to “a de facto religious deportation” of them. full story

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