Eduardo Flores-Ruiz -- Like any Immigrant -- Deserves a Trial

Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, his is an interesting case. He's the guy whose case was being tried by Judge Hannah Dugan. She's accused of improperly shielding him from ICE officers who arrived at her courthouse to arrest him.

To begin with, Flores-Ruiz faces criminal charges for assault and battery and also for unlawful reentry into the United States after being deported. Then there's his immigration case: ICE wants him deported but since he is able to prove he's been here for more than two years, it isn't that easy. Eduardo Flores-Ruiz partially fits under the so called "expeditated removal" rules of a 1996 Bill Clinton-signed law that provides for some immigrants to be removed without trial. He slipped back into the country unlawfully, so on that point, the 1996 law has him. But the 1996 law says if you've been in the country for at least two years, you escape the grasp of that 1996 law. He has been back in the country for more than two years.

His criminal and immigration cases become intertwined.

The good thing about the Eduardo Flores-Ruiz case is that the courts are being allowed to sort it out. Justice should always be in the hands of the court. In America, no one should be deprived of due process.