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Almonte-Vargas v. Elwood, No. 02-CV-2666 (E.D.Pa.) (2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12387) (June 28, 2002) (Judge R. Barclay Surrick)

Loaded on July 1, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists June 24, 2002
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Detention - Generally.

This is another one of a growing string of decisions that deals with the Government’s increasingly bold “above-the-law” approach to aliens and immigrants. In this case, calling the posture of the INS a “charade,” Judge Surrick ordered the immediate release of a Dominican woman who has spent nearly four months ...

 

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