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Immigration

Feb. 23, 2009

Judge Tosses Case, Says ICE Acted Illegally

A Los Angeles immigration judge has tossed a Mexican immigrant's deportation case, ruling federal agents illegally obtained key evidence used against the worker.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles immigration judge has tossed a Mexican immigrant's deportation case, ruling federal agents illegally obtained key evidence used against the worker.

Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor ruled the evidence against Gregorio Perez Cruz, must be suppressed because it was obtained "as a result of statements [Perez] made after his initial unlawful detention and during an unlawful interrogatio...

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