Major Victory for Immigrants at Supreme Court
Defendants in criminal cases entitled to be told if guilty pleas will trigger deportation. Padilla v. Kentucky, Mar. 31, 2010.
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March 31, 2010
March 07, 2010
Gubernatorial Pardon Ends Deportation Threat For Immigrant
"Gov. David A. Paterson announced on Saturday that he had pardoned a man whose rise from poverty and street crime in Chinatown to success as an information technology executive was about to end in deportation. The case of the man, Qing Hong Wu, who immigrated to the United States legally as a child, had drawn support from many, including the judge who sentenced him to a reformatory in 1996 and promised to stand by him if he redeemed himself."
NINA BERNSTEIN in the New York Times.
March 01, 2010
Pushback Over Border Busts
"After warning federal prosecutors for two years, Judge Sam Sparks was fed up with the parade of nonviolent illegal aliens in the overburdened courtrooms in his Texas division. What he did next, said lawyers across the country, was astounding and unprecedented."
MARCIA COYLE in the National Law Journal.