Month: October 2012

Objecting to Evidence in Removal Hearings: Gang Allegations

This Fall, the National Immigration Project conducts its Seminar and Membership meeting in Pasadena, California.  NIP Board Members Maria Andrade and Rex Chen presented on the issue of presenting and objecting to evidence submitted in immigration hearings. In light of increasing gang allegations and the work of Andrade Legal in this are, the

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Critical Issues for Defense of Federal Criminal Immigration Charges

The U.S. Courts Defender Services Training Branch recently invited Maria Andrade to co-present with Mary Kramer, author of Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity, at the Multi-Track Federal Criminal Defense Seminar in Chicago, Illinois. Illegal Re-Entry cases now comprise the greatest category of federal criminal prosecutions, making it critical that defense counsel understand aspects of immigration law

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