Midyear Meeting 2009
ABA House Calls for Immigration Representation
Posted Feb 16, 2009, 08:18 am CST
By Edward A. Adams
Individuals detained for alleged immigration law violations should be told they have a right to counsel, be allowed to contact their lawyers by telephone, and be instructed of their rights in a language they can understand, the ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates said today.
“These are just basic American due process values,” said Stephen Saltzburg, a professor at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
Resolution 101C (PDF) passed on overwhelming voice vote. No one spoke in opposition to it.
All House resolutions, along with other background information about the session, are available here. A summary of Monday's action on those resolutions is here.
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