U.S. must provide incapacitated immigrants with lawyers, judge rules

[The Straight Story]

U.S. must provide incapacitated immigrants with lawyers, judge rules

Two mentally disabled immigrants must be given lawyers as they fight deportation, a U.S. district court judge has ruled.

Jose Franco-Gonzalez, 29, of Costa Mesa, and Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez, 48, of San Bernardino, are at the center of a case that marks one of the first instances in which a judge ordered representation for an individual in immigration proceedings, according to a coalition of advocacy lawyers arguing the men's cases.

The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee came last week just before Christmas. Both men have been free pending a bail hearing also ordered by Gee.

In a March lawsuit, the ACLU of Southern California and other advocates argued that the men's diminished mental capacities made them unable to voice their own interests.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/us-must-provide-disabled-illegal-immigrants-with-lawyers-judge-rules.html

[pinto]

1. There's a judge who understands the "just" in justice, imo.

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[damntexdem]

3. Whereas most of the RW-appointed judiciary thinks that "justice" means "just us."

[pinto]

4. ...

:thumbsup:

[ZombieHorde]

2. Good. nt