Legal Group Files Complaint About Ga. Immigration Judges
This April 13, 2009 photo shows an employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., waiting for the front gate to be opened so she can enter. The all-male detention center with a capacity of 1,924 detainees is operated on contract by Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America, the country’s largest private … Continued
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A legal advocacy group says immigration judges at a Georgia detention center are breaking rules of professional conduct and violating the constitutional rights of detainees.
The Southern Poverty Law Center sent a letter Tuesday to the Executive Office of Immigration Review, a part of the U.S. Department of Justice that oversees immigration courts. An agency spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Tuesday.
The letter says immigration judges at the Stewart Detention Center routinely violate due process rights, have made comments that indicate prejudice against immigrant detainees and failed to show the necessary patience, dignity and courtesy.
Despite a previous complaint last year and the agency saying it had spoken to the judges, the law center says its attorneys continue to observe due process concerns.
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