Federal District Court Asserts Its Authority to Protect Immigrants

Federal District Court Asserts Its Authority to Protect Immigrants Congress has tried to severely limit immigrants’ ability to seek protection in federal district court. On July 15, immigration attorney Scott McVarish successfully stopped the deportation and ongoing detention of his client by successfully appealing to the Federal District Court. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) July 21, 2011 In recent years both Congress and the Department of Homeland Security have attempted to limit the ability of federal district courts to exercise the writ of habeas corpus in favor of immigrants. Both t
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