California Gov. Jerry Brown granted 56 pardons and 14 commutations
Jerry Brown (D-Calif.) for pardoning five former convicts who face deportation. That gives the men's lawyers strong legal arguments before immigration judges to try to prevent the deportations. Brown's pardons marked the third time the Democrat intervened on behalf of immigrants who were deported or faced deportation over convictions.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions launched a lawsuit against California after Brown signed sanctuary legislation a year ago seeking to prevent state cooperation with federal enforcement of immigration laws. Earlier this month, the Justice Department launched a legal challenge to California state laws that shield illegal immigrants from federal authorities.
Sokha Chhan and Phann Pheach, whose families reportedly fled the genocidal Khmer Rouge, are facing deportation to Cambodia.
Governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown pardoned 5 criminal illegal aliens whose crimes include (1) Kidnapping and Robbery (2) Badly beating wife and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize (3) Dealing drugs.
Pheach, who was convicted in 2005 and sentenced to six months, came to the United States at the age of 1 from Cambodia.
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Daniel Maher, who was also pardoned, served five years in prison after he was convicted in 1995 of kidnapping, robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
"This is a life-changing, enormous event", he said.
Also pardoned while facing deportation were Daniel Mena and Francisco Acevedo Alaniz. Mena was convicted in 2003 of possessing illegal drugs.
Brown's office defended the actions Saturday, saying that all who received relief had been "out of custody for at least 10 years and the majority were convicted of drug-related or other nonviolent crimes".
After [Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke] said he would reassign up to 50 senior executive staff members, employees further down the chain realized that seeking a promotion could put them in the crosshairs for reassignments that seemed to them based more on politics and less on their skill sets or job requirements.Easter falls on Sunday.
The governor is a former Jesuit seminarian and traditionally issues pardons close to Christian holidays.
Brown's father, Edmund G. Pete Wilson and Gray Davis issued no pardons while Arnold Schwarzenegger handed out just 15.
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