Lawsuit challenges Arizona state Rep.-elect Raquel Tern's citizenship, cites no evidence
Source: The Arizona Republic
Dustin Gardiner
Arizona Republic Published 12:45 p.m. MT Nov. 9, 2018 | Updated 2:35 p.m. MT Nov. 9, 2018
An anti-immigrant activist has filed a lawsuit falsely claiming that Arizona state Rep.-elect Raquel Terán isn't qualified to hold public office because she is "not a legal citizen of the United States."
The lawsuit, which cites no evidence for the claim, was filed by Alice Novoa on Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Terán has a U.S. birth certificate, according to court records from a similar lawsuit that Novoa filed against her in 2012.
Terán, D-Phoenix, was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections. She posted on social media Thursday night to protest the lawsuit after she said she was served with the papers at home.
"This is obviously upsetting, but not surprising," Terán wrote in a widely shared Facebook post. "It is just another attempt to silence me and the community I fight for. #bringit"
Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/09/arizona-state-rep-elect-raquel-teran-citizenship-challenged-lawsuit-alice-novoa/1943446002/
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Bet this clown loves him some Tort Reform as well.
ret5hd
(20,433 posts)It seems like our old friend Orly Taitz finally received that designation. But I can't remember the term.
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)ret5hd
(20,433 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,211 posts)An ugly tactic: Lawsuit questions citizenship of future Latina lawmaker
By Laura Gómez -November 9, 2018
Raquel Terán responds to a lawsuit, filed without supporting documents, that questions her U.S. citizenship on Nov. 9. Other Democratic members of the Arizona Legislature and leaders from community groups stand behind her. Photo by Laura Gómez | Arizona Mirror
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Novoa filed a similar lawsuit against Terán in 2012 when she ran unsuccessfully for the Arizona Senate. At the time, Terán provided a copy of her Arizona birth certificate to the court, but a Maricopa Superior Court judge dismissed the case because an error in the lawsuit filing, according to court records.
Novoa has made similar unfounded claims about a Douglas justice of the peace, according to the Douglas Dispatch.
Terán, who was born in the border community of Douglas, said the lawsuit angers her and is an unfair burden that most candidates never have to bear.
Its not right to put the burden on me to yet again answer questions about my citizenship, about my loyalty to this country, about my Americaness, Terán said. Its not fair to put me on the other. I am an American.
Alice Novoa from MacNeal, Arizona, filed a lawsuit with no evidence against Representative-elect Raquel Terán challenging her eligibility to hold office on grounds of her U.S. citizenship. Photo courtesy YouTube
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A history of anti-immigrant comments
Novoa has publicly shared views on theories the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled as nativist conspiracies.
At a Tempe city council meeting in January, during which an anti-border-wall resolution was considered, Novoa said the border is infested with illegal aliens and that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was either an anchor baby or an illegal alien.
Anchor baby is a derogatory term that asserts immigrant parents have U.S.-born children for the purpose of gaining lawful immigration status. Becerra was born in California to immigrant parents, was elected to the California State Assembly and served twelve terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hes been Attorney General since 2017.
In the Tempe meeting, Navoa also said young immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor were associated with a radical Islamic-Mexican-Catholic movement.
More:
https://www.azmirror.com/2018/11/09/an-ugly-tactic-lawsuit-questions-citizenship-of-future-latina-lawmaker/
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#trump fan Alice Novoa confronts protestors. 'Mexico has a plan to invade America and kill all the Christians.'
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)dalton99a
(81,062 posts)What kind of food do they eat?
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Not gonna lie, that sounds tasty.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)Scary movement
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)but aren't they both Christians?
obamanut2012
(25,905 posts)ck4829
(34,966 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Might as well get everything that hate in there.
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)Pisces
(5,592 posts)The Republican Party is getting close to wearing white robes and pointy hats while campaigning. Trump must be so proud. Very disgusting
IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)and should be easy enough to resolve. Alice Novoa doesn't sound like an American name, so she needs to prove her citizenship. Yes, because I said so. What does an American look like? What does an American name sound like?
I deal with this similar problem all the time in my career. Some people make my brain hurt.
StTimofEdenRoc
(445 posts)jb5150
(1,177 posts).... Oily Tits
Coventina
(26,844 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)How does she even have the standing to file such a lawsuit like this ?
As this is not the first one she has filed against Ms. Teran, at what point does this become harassment ?
iluvtennis
(19,756 posts)Maeve
(42,223 posts)Been down this road before and knows there is a legit birth cert--just being a PITA
malthaussen
(17,065 posts)No grounds, no suit. The judge will probably throw it out.
-- Mal
mackdaddy
(1,520 posts)A large settlement for legal expenses might be the only way to stop this kind of harassment.
obamanut2012
(25,905 posts)Especially since this is the second time.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)$20,000, as I recall.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)MichMan
(11,778 posts)That would stop all this bullshit later on