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COURT APPROVES SETTLEMENT IN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER PROCESSING DELAYS FOR PEOPLE IN IMMIGRATION CUSTODY

Cancino Castellar v. Mayorkas settlement will ensure Immigrants in DHS custody have prompt first appearances before immigration judges 
 
East County News Service
 
March 20, 2024 (San Diego) -- A federal judge on March 14 approved a settlement in a long-running class action lawsuit affirming the constitutional due process rights of people in immigration custody in San Diego and Imperial Counties. 

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LEGAL ADVOCATES FILE COMPLAINT, CALL FOR INVESTIGATON INTO BORDER PATROL’S INACTION ON HUMANITARIAN PAROLE REQUESTS

East County News Service

November 12, 2021 (San Diego) – A coalition of legal groups representing asylum seekers say that dozens of requests for urgent humanitarian parole have been ignored for weeks while others have been denied without adequate explanation.  The applicants include individuals and families with life-threatening medical conditions.


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