TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 27, 2017
The American Bar Association is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the federal government’s right to deport immigrants without a hearing. Twenty-eight mothers arrested in Texas in 2015 are fighting against the U.S. government’s “expedited removal” process. The families claimed asylum, which would make them ineligible for expedited removal, but authorities deemed they had no credible fear of persecution and ordered their removal. Read more at the ABA Journal.