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Federal judge believes government would follow her orders on immigration detention ‘under normal circumstances’
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A federal judge agreed on Thursday that she would allow a class of approximately 500 people in Colorado’s immigration detention to challenge the government’s refusal to set their bond, which she already found to be a likely violation of the law. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Regina M. Rodriguez said she was…
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‘That’s wrong’: Federal judge finds government unlawfully denied bond hearing to detained noncitizen
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A federal judge concluded on Tuesday that the government had wrongly believed it could detain a noncitizen without holding a bond hearing, thereby violating his right to due process. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney reached that determination in the case of Javier Andres Garcia Cortes at the same time a proposed class action…
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Federal judge calls government unjustified in attempt to keep non-citizen detained
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A federal judge has determined the government was unjustified in its fight to keep a woman locked up in an Aurora immigrant detention center while her deportation case proceeded. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney ordered the federal government last September to hold a hearing to determine whether Brenda Viruel Arias should be released from…
