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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:14 PM Monday

JUST IN: A federal judge rules the Trump admin must reinstate a policy to provide lawyers to people who are deemed [View all]

JUST IN: A federal judge rules that the Trump administration must reinstate a policy to provide lawyers to people who are deemed mentally incompetent in deportation proceedings.

It was terminated without a legally persuasive reason, Judge Ali finds. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/045111516055?caseid=280289&de_seq_num=209&magic_num=


Another excellent, meticulously reasoned decision by Judge Ali, one of Biden’s very best judicial appointees. Denying representation to mentally incompetent individuals in immigration proceedings is both cruel and plainly unlawful. www.scribd.com/document/891...

Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2025-07-21T16:05:39.822Z
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