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Trial of immigrant aid volunteers delayed indefinitely
By Stephanie Innes
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.13.2006
The trial of two immigrant aid volunteers arrested last summer has been delayed indefinitely.

U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins on Monday said the previously set trial date of April 25 for Shanti A. Sellz and Daniel M. Strauss is too soon to give those involved time to prepare. He did not set another date.
Sellz, 23 and Strauss, 24, face charges that they knowingly and intentionally conspired to transport illegal entrants while volunteering for the local faith-based No More Deaths movement. During the summer, the group provides food, water and medical aid to people illegally walking into the United States.

The pair say they were taking three entrants to get emergency medical care when they were arrested July 9 en route from the Arivaca area to Tucson. Prosecutors say the illegal entrants were not seriously ill.

Sellz and Strauss say they contacted a nurse and a doctor before transporting the men and that they were following No More Deaths protocol, which calls for medically evacuating entrants to Tucson if they are seriously ill. Prosecutors say the protocol was never approved by federal officials and that Border Patrol officials warned religious leaders in April they could risk arrest if they transported migrants.
Attorneys for Sellz and Strauss want Collins to reverse a decision by U.S. Magistrate Bernardo P. Velasco, who in January refused to dismiss charges against the pair. Collins is expected to issue a written decision on the request, though no timeframe has been set.

Earlier this month, Velasco ruled Sellz' attorney, William G. Walker, could continue to work on the case even though he acted as a legal advisor to No More Deaths prior to the arrests.