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Immigration

Oct. 13, 2006

For Lack of Access to Lawyers, Immigrants Are Denied Asylum

FORUM COLUMN - By David A. Lash and Brandie Odgers - Lost in the debate over immigration are those thousands of families who are entitled to be in the United States but who face removal on a daily basis, never becoming a part of the national discourse.

David A. Lash

Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Services O'Melveny & Myers LLP

The opinions expressed here are his own.


Forum Column

By David A. Lash and Brandie Odgers

     
      Lost in the debate over immigration are those thousands of families who are entitled to be in the United States but who face removal on a daily basis, never becoming a part of the national discourse. Their ripped-apart lives are the result of our collective failure to ensure that American democratic legal protections are made available to...

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