Bush DOJ Rule Revokes Immigrants’ Right to Counsel

Washington Independent by Daphne Eviatar | Feb. 25, 2009 (News Report)

This last-minute decision has gotten little media attention, but it has dismayed immigration lawyers, who say clients frequently come to them with legitimate asylum or other claims that should allow them to remain in the United States, but that their previous lawyers either didn’t know the law, missed a critical deadline or just didn’t bother to communicate with their client. For the last 20 years, immigrants have had the right to re-open a case if ... Full Story »

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Topics: Bush Administration, Immigration
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Feb 25, 2009 - 1:56 AM PST
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Feb 25, 2009 - 1:56 AM PST
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Feb. 25, 2009

The Independent again covers a relatively obscure issue in depth, though it's not hard to detect where the publication stands on immigrants' rights to re-open their trials. Is this a problem? I say no. We're still given an explanation of the rationale behind Mukasey's ruling, and there's nothing in here that's partisan in the sense that it's walking the line for the Democrats or the Obama Administration. A thorough, informative story.

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Glenn LaBauve
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 by Glenn LaBauve - Feb. 25, 2009

Went beyond the surface to show the minefield that has been there for immigrants both documented and undocumented.

The true character of a people can best be shown by how they treat the least of those among them. I hate to think what this says about us as a people

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