As Michigan residents express outrage over the death of a young woman who was killed allegedly by an illegal immigrant in Grand Rapids, Democratic Congresswoman Hillary Scholten — whose district covers the city — is being criticized for her past work attempting to stop the U.S. from deporting an Iraqi refugee charged with child molestation. …
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As Michigan residents express outrage over the death of a young woman who was killed allegedly by an illegal immigrant in Grand Rapids, Democratic Congresswoman Hillary Scholten — whose district covers the city — is being criticized for her past work attempting to stop the U.S. from deporting an Iraqi refugee charged with child molestation.
Scholten,afreshmancongresswomanwhoflippedherdistrictfromRepublicantoDemocratin2022,workedasanimmigrationattorneybeforeshewaselectedtoCongressandoncewroteajournalarticlefortheSt.LouisUniversitySchoolofLawwheresheandherco-author,MaureenSweeney,calleddeportation“cruelandunusualpunishment.”Scholten’sworkasanimmigrationattorneyappearedtoreflectherbeliefslaidoutinthe2011journalarticlewhen,beginningi
