INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Mandatory deportation laws harm American families, says amicus curiae brief

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Summary:

Two immigrants deported because of criminal convictions, Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendáriz, have brought a claim against the US government before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights. Smith and Armendáriz, both of whom have wives and children in the US, lived in the country as lawful permanent residents for 25 and 28 years respectively, before their deportations for drug offenses to Trinidad and Mexico.

A hearing in the case, for which Human Rights Watch submitted an amicus curiae brief prepared by the Stanford Immigrants Rights Clinic, will be held this Friday July 20, at the Inter-American Commission in Washington, DC. 

Further information

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/hrw_amicus_us.pdf

Organisation: 
Human Rights Watch
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/hrw_amicus_us.pdf

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