costa rica
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Federal judge orders release hearing for torture victim in ‘abhorrent’ immigration custody
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A federal judge on Friday found a “real risk” that the government would try to unlawfully deport a man who was tortured in his home country, and ordered a hearing to determine if he should be released from immigration custody while his case proceeds. Two years ago, the Denver-based federal appeals court concluded an immigration…
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10th Circuit judges urge full-court consideration of immigration issue, while siding with man’s torture claims
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The Denver-based federal appeals court has agreed a Colorado immigration judge was wrong when he concluded Costa Rican police officers who abducted and raped a man, while wearing their uniforms and using their police car, were not actually acting in their government roles. Consequently, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…