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Law Practice

Jan. 30, 2008

Changes of Venue Vex Immigrant Detainees

Legal observers, like Niels W. Frenzen, professor at USC Gould School of Law, say the abrupt transfers of and videoconference hearings for immigrant detainees likely will cripple their ability to win their immigration cases.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1.

      LOS ANGELES - Ramon Gonzalez spent 10 months waiting in cramped detention centers for his day in immigration court.
      This month, Gonzalez went to court, but he never saw a judge face to face.
      Instead, Gonzalez sat in an empty room, faced a television screen and...

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