The Washington Times
The Justice Department yesterday filed a motion in federal court to end a long-standing injunction it says hampers the ability to deport aliens from El Salvador detained along the Southwest U.S. border.
Known as the Orantes injunction, it was approved in 1988 based on well-established civil rights abuses in El Salvador and a finding by a federal court that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service coerced Salvadorans to accept voluntary departure and not to apply for asylum.
The injunction allows Salvadorans arrested by U.S. immigration officers greater protections than aliens of other nationalities.
Posted by Richard at November 18, 2005