ACLU Massachusetts: Federal Appeals Court Rules Detained Immigrants Are Entitled to Fair Hearings
August 21, 2021
August 21, 2021
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2021:
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In a Thursday evening ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional the government's practice of forcing detained immigrants to prove why their continued detention is unjustified. The landmark ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of New Hampshire, and is the result of years of litigation by ACLU a . . .
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In a Thursday evening ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional the government's practice of forcing detained immigrants to prove why their continued detention is unjustified. The landmark ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of New Hampshire, and is the result of years of litigation by ACLU a . . .