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Letter to the Editor

Aug. 6, 2013

Immigration association slams defective fraud bill

Re: "Bills May Set Limits on Fees Lawyers Charge Immigrants," June 24. By Lisa Baker Jones

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

As the Officers of the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, we write to oppose Assembly Bill 1159, a proposal that singles out immigration attorneys and that would cause exactly the harm it purports to protect against - the defrauding of vulnerable immigrants in need of legal services - if it were passed into law. This proposal impedes our ability to practice immigration law, undermines o...

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