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Posts Tagged turkmen v. ashcroft

Court OKs Pretextual Use of Immigration Detention

By | 12.22.09 | 3:14 pm

In a ruling that slid in quietly under the news radar, a federal court of appeals ruled late last Friday that the government can lawfully use immigration detention as an excuse to conduct criminal investigations into non-citizens if the government likely has the right to deport that person. More…

Government Settles Case Charging Abuse of Post-9/11 Detainees

By | 11.05.09 | 10:21 am

The U.S. government has agreed to pay a total of $1.26 million dollars to five men who claim they were illegally detained and mistreated after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as part of a settlement agreement reached between the Justice Department and the Center for Constitutional Rights.