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The lawsuit asks the court to reinstate this student’s F-1 student status, which would allow him to continue his studies.
Make no mistake: this bill is anti-liberty, anti-due process, and will result in thousands of non-dangerous Granite Staters being jailed - all at high taxpayer expense and despite being presumed innocent in the eyes of the law.
Make no mistake: this anti-liberty and anti-due process bill will harm Granite Staters. The courts should have the power to determine our freedom - not police or politicians.
From the perspective of freedom, justice, and due process, we are extremely alarmed by Governor Ayotte’s inaccurate and misleading statements on bail reform and her expressed desire to take away the freedom of thousands of Granite Staters who are presumed innocent in the eyes of the law.
Just weeks after leaked plans showed that FCI Berlin would soon jail immigrants detained by ICE, the ACLU of New Hampshire confirmed that it is already doing so - despite the federal government never confirming the plans.
Warns politicians intent on rolling back New Hampshire’s bail system that their plans would lead to the needless and harmful incarceration of thousands of Granite Staters – disproportionately people of color – at enormous taxpayer expense.