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Litigation

Apr. 26, 2013

Judge issues injunction providing counsel for mentally incompetent immigrant detainees

A federal court judge issued a permanent injunction forcing three western states including California to adopt meaningful reform measures for hundreds of immigrant detainees with significant cognitive impairments.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal court judge did what the Obama administration has been unable - or unwilling - to do Tuesday: issue a permanent injunction forcing three western states including California to adopt meaningful reform measures for hundreds of immigrant detainees with significant cognitive impairments.


After a three-year class action assault by plaintiffs against the Department of Justice and the Department of...

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