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Appellate Practice

Feb. 16, 2006

U.S. Case Against Asylum-Seeker Meets Skeptical 9th Circuit Panel

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel Tuesday suggested that U.S. immigration authorities are badly confused about the difference between prosecution and persecution.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A federal appeals panel Tuesday suggested that U.S. immigration authorities are badly confused about the difference between prosecution and persecution.
        Prosecution is what governments do to people who've broken the law, the judges reminded a government attorney.
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