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Oct. 6, 2012

Exposing flaws in our immigrant court system

The immigration system is a failed one, "Show Trials" author Peter Afrasiabi declares, one that has fallen short of guarantees of due process enshrined in the Constitution. By Maurice Possley


By Maurice Possley


"A photograph of bikini-clad pop superstar Katy Perry gets more legal protection in our courts than a Chinese rice farmer trying to avoid deportation back to a totalitarian regime that may kill him."


Although as a journalist I covered state and federal civil and criminal cases for more than 30 years, I found the second sentence of Peter Afrasiabi's book, "Show Trials: How Property Gets More Legal Protection in Our F...

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