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March 12, 2024
Judge Lets Feds Appeal 'Novel' Issues In Asylum Bond Suit
A Washington federal judge allowed federal immigration agencies to seek the Ninth Circuit's opinion on whether the district court can hear a class of asylum-seekers' lawsuit alleging deprivation of bond hearings, saying jurisdictional and constitutional issues in the case seem novel.
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January 05, 2024
Wash. Judge Gives Final Nod On Asylum-Seeker Settlement
A Washington federal judge expressed surprise Friday that asylum-seekers accusing officials of dragging out the immigration process were able to strike a deal with the government, saying she would sign a settlement agreement she never anticipated that would tighten some federal deadlines.
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December 06, 2023
Judge Backs Due Process Claim In Asylum Bond Hearing Suit
A Washington federal judge refused to toss a class of asylum-seekers' claim that the U.S. government unconstitutionally deprived them of bond hearings, rejecting the government's contention that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barred them from lodging their due process claim.
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July 03, 2019
Asylum-Seekers Must Get Bond Hearings, Despite Barr Ruling
A federal judge in Seattle has doubled down on her finding that a group of asylum-seekers is entitled to bond hearings, undeterred by U.S. Attorney General William Barr's recent decision that even asylum-seekers who clear an initial fear screening can be detained without one.
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May 03, 2019
ACLU Sues Gov't Over New 'Unconstitutional' Asylum Policy
The American Civil Liberties Union has taken aim at Attorney General William Barr's recent decision to restrict certain asylum-seekers from being released on bond, telling a Washington federal judge that the government has adopted a policy that "unconstitutionally strips people of their right to a hearing."
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April 08, 2019
Asylum-Seekers' Bids For Release Must Be Heard Within Week
A Seattle federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to provide bond hearings and other due process protections to certain detained asylum-seekers across the country within a week of their request.
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March 08, 2019
Nationwide Classes Of Asylum Seekers Certified In Wash.
A Washington federal judge has certified two nationwide sets of classes in a case in which detained asylum seekers allege that the federal government has not provided them in a timely manner with either bond hearings or determinations on whether they credibly fear persecution.
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September 21, 2018
Asylum Seekers Ask Wash. Court For Bond Hearings
A proposed class of asylum seekers asked a Washington federal court on Thursday to order the Trump administration to provide them with timely bond hearings before an immigration judge, in protection of their due process rights.