Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Federal Judge Scolds Government For Withholding Documents On Immigrant Detentions

By Larry Neumeister, Huffington Post
December 30, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday questioned whether the government was trying to hide or obscure something by failing to give information to a civil rights group about thousands of immigrant detainees held for long periods.

U.S. District Judge Richard Berman's written decision came days after government attorneys insisted they needed more time to comply with his September order granting the American Civil Liberties Union's Freedom of Information Act request.

The ACLU has said it wants to expose a flawed system that keeps thousands of detainees behind bars for long periods while their eligibility to remain in the country is adjudicated.[...]

Read the full article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/federal-judge-immigration_n_4520028.html

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