Ruling Says Deportation Cases May Not Be Appealed Over Lawyer Errors writePost();new_york_times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/us/09immig.html





By JOHN SCHWARTZ

Published: January 8, 2009


The Bush administration has issued a ruling that illegal immigrants do not have a constitutional right to effective legal representation in deportation hearings, closing off one of the most common avenues for appealing deportation decisions.
Ruling Says Deportation Cases May Not Be Appealed Over Lawyer Errors