County Judge Orders Illegals to Leave US

**ALIPAC** · 03-26-2006, 10:36 PM

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> Published on March 19, 2006, Birmingham News (AL)
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> Jefferson County judge orders illegal immigrants to leave U.S. Justice
> Department says only federal judges have that authority
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> Illegal Hispanic immigrants booked on minor offenses in Hoover last year
> were often put in jail without bond and ordered to leave the country by
> Jefferson County District Judge Robert Cahill, who is not an immigration
> judge.
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> Hoover officials call their actions good policing. They and Cahill say
> they have no arrangement to target Hispanics arrested in Hoover, a city
> coping with its uneasy role as a hub for Hispanic day labor.
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> But advocates and other legal experts question the practices
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> Complete Article, 2253 words ($2.95)
> Article 2 of 2, Article ID: MERLIN_3101311