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Second Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of U.S. Citizen Held 3½ Years in Immigration Detention
by Matt Clarke
On July 31, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judgment for a U.S. citizen who was improperly held in an immigration detention facility for 1,273 days.
Davino Watson was born in Jamaica. When he was 13, he entered the U.S as a lawful permanent ...
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