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Immigration

Aug. 23, 2013

Immigration lawyers and State Bar finding compromise in immigration bill

Immigration attorneys and State Bar officials are closing in on an agreement on legislation meant to prevent lawyers and others from defrauding undocumented immigrants if and when Congress adopts comprehensive immigration reforms.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Immigration attorneys and State Bar officials are closing in on an agreement on legislation meant to prevent lawyers and others from defrauding undocumented immigrants if and when Congress adopts comprehensive immigration reforms.


Practitioners in the field had roundly objected to the first version of AB 1159 by Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, because it would have laid many special requirements ...

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