EUGENE, Ore. (CN) — Federal immigration officers are violating the law by refusing detainees access to counsel before moving them out of the state or out of the country, a pair of nonprofits bolstered by witnesses argued before a federal judge on Thursday.
“What plaintiffs request is nothing more and nothing less than the constitutional right to counsel at Oregon field offices,” said Tess Hellgren, attorney with Innovation Law Lab.
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