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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 31, 2006

Immigrants Confront Legal Maze

MARYSVILLE - Talking by phone through the wire-mesh glass window in the Yuba County jail, a surprisingly amiable Nigerian woman explains how grateful she is to finally have an attorney's help after enduring nearly three years of imprisonment in her protracted immigration case.

By Donna Domino
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      MARYSVILLE - Talking by phone through the wire-mesh glass window in the Yuba County jail, a surprisingly amiable Nigerian woman explains how grateful she is to finally have an attorney's help after enduring nearly three years of imprisonment in her protracted immigration case.
      "God is my strength," said Becky Austin, a 41-year-old i...

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