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
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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 …
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- U.S. v. Longoria, No. 00-50405 (5th Cir.) (298 F.3d 367) (July 12, 2002) (Per Curiam)
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