Justice Rule To Bar Immigrants' Return
A new Justice Department proposal would bar convicted immigrants' from returning to the U.S.
Immigration rights advocates are outraged:
"I think it's another example of the attorney general trying to disregard Supreme Court decisions with which he disagrees, and he promised in his confirmation hearing to follow the law of the Supreme Court," said Lucas Guttentag, American Civil Liberties Union's immigration rights project director. "
See our in-depth discussion of the rule last week.
The regulations are open for public comment through mid-October. After that, the Justice Department can chage them and decide whether to make them permanent.
Even more information is available at AILA (American Immigration Lawyers' Ass'n.)
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