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May 23, 2009
Immigration Raids During Proceedings Undermine Courts
What use is the court system if ICE agents can snatch an immigrant even as his matter is being heard before the judge, asks Pamela Hartman.
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By Pamela Hartman Immigration courts in our country are set up to determine whether an immigrant has any relief from deportation. But of what use is the system if immigration agents can raid a courtroom and snatch an immigrant even as his matter is being heard before the judge? That is what is happening in downtown Los Angeles. Members of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Immigration Section, of which I am the incoming ch...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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