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Immigration

Aug. 28, 2013

Judges cannot rush asylum seekers

Despite their jammed dockets, overworked immigration judges must find time to afford due process to persons facing deportation, an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit said.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Despite their jammed dockets, overworked immigration judges must find time to afford due process to persons facing deportation, an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stressed Tuesday.


The 8-3 opinion granted another chance at relief to a Nigerian man who claimed he faced torture or death if sent home. An immigration judge cut short the man's account of his maltreatment and then ...

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