The federal court granted Monday U.S. Immigration and Customs officials\u2019 motion to dissolve the court\u2019s previous order that suspended an immigration judge\u2019s removal order against Amalia Abo Guanlao.<\/p>\n
Guanlao, a Filipino mother of two minor U.S. citizen children, has been fighting against a 2013 immigration court\u2019s order for her removal.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI designated Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood also denied Guanlao\u2019s motion to a stay pending appeal of the proceedings in federal court pending her appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<\/p>\n
Tydingco-Gatewood said absent a reason to maintain the stay originally imposed by U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona, ICE officials\u2019 motion to dissolve the stay is granted.<\/p>\n
According to court records, on Sept. 10, 2013, an immigration judge found that Guanlao was removable as an alien and ordered her removed to the Philippines.<\/p>\n
Guanlao appealed the judge\u2019s decision. She lost her case before the immigration court. <\/p>\n
In June 2016, she filed a petition in federal court for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking determination of \u201cthe legality of her continued detention and intended removal\u201d and \u201ca stay of her removal during the pendency of this case.\u201d<\/p>\n
On June 23, 2016, Manglona entered a stay of removal \u201cwhile the court hears the petition on the merits.\u201d<\/p>\n
In December 2017, respondents moved to dismiss Guanlao\u2019s second amended petition and also requested that the court grant the respondents\u2019 motion to dismiss. <\/p>\n
Tydingco-Gatewood dismissed Guanlao\u2019s claims with prejudice. However, she did not explicitly address the stay of removal.<\/p>\n
In light of the court\u2019s dismissal of the claims, ICE officials request an order explicitly dissolving the stay of removal entered in 2016.<\/p>\n
Guanlao, through counsel Rosemond Santos, argued that she will suffer irreparable harm if a stay pending appeal is not issued because she and her entire family will need to relocate to the Philippines after spending 24 years on Saipan.<\/p>\n
In granting respondents\u2019 motion to dissolve stay, Tydingco-Gatewood said Guanlao will not be separated from family; will be able to receive the medical care she needs in her home country, the Philippines; and has not specified any economic hardship.<\/p>\n
The judge said Guanlao has also not alleged that she will be mistreated if she returns to the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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