Immigration,
Appellate Practice,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feb. 16, 2018
9th Circuit panel asks if law has chilling effect on immigration lawyers
Hearing a second round of arguments in the appeal, the three-judge panel repeatedly questioned the government’s lawyer, Elizabeth Collery, on why the law didn’t have the effect of chilling immigration lawyers from providing legal advice to their clients or make it a crime for friends and family members to suggest that their loved ones remain in the country, even if doing so was a violation of the law.
Defending the constitutionality of a federal statute that makes it a crime to encourage someone to remain in the United States illegally, a Justice Department lawyer appeared to be running up a proverbial downward moving escalator in a marathon oral argument before a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Thursday.
Hearing a second round of arguments in the appeal, the three-judge panel repeatedly questioned the government's lawye...
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