ACLU Massachusetts: Federal Appeals Court Rules Detained Immigrants Are Entitled to Fair Hearings
December 30, 2021
December 30, 2021
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 30 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following news:
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confirmed yesterday that the government must bear the burden of proof in immigration bail hearings. The decision affirms a key holding in a landmark class action filed in Boston federal court in 2019 by the ACLU of Massachusetts, the ACLU of New Hampshire, the National ACLU, and Boston law firm Mintz.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confirmed yesterday that the government must bear the burden of proof in immigration bail hearings. The decision affirms a key holding in a landmark class action filed in Boston federal court in 2019 by the ACLU of Massachusetts, the ACLU of New Hampshire, the National ACLU, and Boston law firm Mintz.
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