Immigration file backlog hinders immigrants' ability to fight deportation

Published: Thursday, May 3 2012 4:51 p.m. MDT

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Salt Lake immigration attorney Aaron Tarin blames government red tape and indifference for delays in getting complete immigration files, which he says create big problems for immigrants facing deportation.

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The Rock

Federal Way, WA

If people who are here legally were getting deported because of this back log then I would agree that is a big deal.

We have a visa overstayer and their complaining that they got caught?

I roll my eyes!

8:26 p.m. May 3, 2012
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ouisc

Farmington, UT

Wow. Having so much burden on the government to prove that a suspect is here illegally....suggests to me that we MUST have everyone sign in on entry. With identification. Every one of these cases must be a proof of identification as well as a More..

8:42 p.m. May 3, 2012
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Say No to BO

Mapleton, UT

Well, this is the other side of the "administrative infraction" argument. If being here illegally is like a speeding ticket as some suggest, then it isn't a criminal court. So the rules are different. You don't have a right to a More..

9:50 p.m. May 3, 2012
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