Points for originality and creativity…
Via Daily Caller:
For the first time in U.S. history, attorneys for an illegal immigrant in Houston are appealing to federal religious freedom laws to annul his impending deportation.
Lawyers representing Juan Rodriguez filed a lawsuit Monday on the unprecedented grounds that Rodriguez’s deportation would violate his family’s religious beliefs, specifically a Seventh Day Adventist requirement that requires families to remain together. Rodriguez’s lawyers hope that their lawsuit will be upheld based on the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) which “ensures that interests in religious freedom are protected.”
Rodriguez is represented by Raed González and receives legal counsel from three other members of the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, including David Medina, a former justice of the Texas Supreme Court, according to the Houston Chronicle.