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Perspective

Jan. 26, 2011

Sometimes the System Works

Justice is not as elusive as it may seem. By Neil A.F. Popovic of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton.


Just when you're ready to give in to cynicism and admit that real justice is rarer than the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series, the system sometimes proves you wrong. And so it happened, that on Sept. 23, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, approved our client's request for asylum in the United States, thus allowing him and his family to remain in the country, safe from the dangers they would face if forced to ...

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