ACLU Launches Search for Mexican Deportees Who May Qualify to Return to US Jean Guerrero - KPBS.org
go to original March 23, 2015

The American Civil Liberties Union visited Mexicali last week in search of deportees who may qualify to return to the U.S.

About 100 people, mostly students, attended the public forum at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California of Mexicali, where the ACLU discussed a settlement with the U.S. government that could benefit thousands of deportees.

In February, a U.S. District Court told the ACLU it could broaden its class of plaintiffs. The original lawsuit allowed 11 deportees to return to the U.S. after they accused immigration officials of coercing them into signing voluntary return forms, which waive the right to an immigration hearing.

Deportees who signed voluntary return forms between June 1, 2009 and August 28, 2014 may qualify to join them.

Representatives from the ACLU asked members of the audience to contact the ACLU if they think they may qualify.

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