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Pro Bono

Nov. 30, 2006

Getting Out of Limbo

As the immigration debate heats up, lawyers in Texas and California remove hurdles for legal residents.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      The clients included a victim of domestic violence, a farmworker, a businessman and thousands of other immigrants who had won their legal battle to stay in the U.S. but lost the bureaucratic fight to obtain documents.
      Last year, attorneys John Dwyer and Michele S. Rhyu quietly helped 12,500 immigrants who were stuck in limbo, awaiting gre...

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