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5. News from the Courts:

Arizona immigration law: Judge dismisses officer’s challenge

The Associated Press reports that U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton officially dismissed Phoenix Officer David Salgado’s lawsuit challenging Arizona’s immigration law. The judge had given the officer 30 days to file additional court documents, but because no such records were filed, the case was officially dismissed. Despite this dismissal, the federal government’s challenge to the law remains alive.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2011/01/19/20110119arizona-judge-dismisses-officer-challenge-immigration-law.html

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Sixth Circuit upholds immigrants’ right to reopen case outside of U.S.

Hispanically Speaking News reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit shot down a regulation by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that barred the review of motions filed by noncitizens outside the U.S. Under federal law, noncitizens have the right to file motions to submit new evidence after their removal orders become final. However, the BIA held that it could not consider such a motion if it was filed by a foreign national outside the U.S. The Sixth Circuit declared that this BIA regulation ‘has no roots in any statutory source and misapprehends the authority delegated to the Board by Congress.’

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/federal-court-upholds-immigrants-right-to-reopen-immigration-cases-from-out/4970/

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