This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

Dec. 6, 2014

New strategy plays out in suit seeking counsel for undocumented youths

As the national immigration debate rages, advocates trying to secure a right to lawyers for undocumented youths in deportation proceedings tried to sharpen their legal case by adding a 3-year-old El Salvador boy to a federal class action.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As the national immigration debate rages, advocates trying to secure a right to lawyers for undocumented youths in deportation proceedings tried to sharpen their legal case by adding as a plaintiff a 3-year-old El Salvador boy to a federal class action pending in Seattle.


The boy, identified as A.E.G.E., was brought into the case this week to counter government arguments that the suit should be dismiss...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up