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Welch v. Ashcroft, No. 00-7665 (4th Cir.) (293 F.3d 213) (June 19, 2002) (Judge Robert R. Beezer)

Loaded on June 1, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists June 10, 2002
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Deportation/Removal/Exclusion.

Although the mandatory detention of deportable aliens is reasonably related to legitimate government interests, the 14-month detention of a deportable alien, convicted of firearm offenses, constituted punishment without the benefit of a trial in violation of due process.

Recently, a number of courts have begun to question the constitutionality of ...

 

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