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Immigration lawyers accuse Vermont prisons of impeding their work
Attorneys and volunteers with the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project used to go into Vermont's prisons and meet with every immigration detainee, using their phones and computers for language interpretation, according to Jill Martin Diaz, executive director of the organization.
#Immigration #HumanRights #LegalAccess
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Immigration lawyers accuse Vermont prisons of impeding their work
Attorneys and volunteers with the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project used to go into Vermont's prisons and meet with every immigration detainee, using their phones and computers for language interpretation, according to Jill Martin Diaz, executive director of the organization.
#Immigration #HumanRights #LegalAccess
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Punished for legal help, former "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees say they had to use soap to write attorneys' numbers
Two former detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" testified Wednesday that they were punished for seeking legal advice and had to use soap to write down attorneys' phone numbers because they didn't have access to pen and paper.
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Detainees at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" to testify about legal access
Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz," as a federal judge considers during a two-day hearing whether they are getting sufficient access to the legal system.
