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July 25, 2008
 
 

Congressional Democrats Say Illegal Aliens Convicted Too Fast


"Criminal defense and immigration lawyers yesterday challenged the government's use of expedited trials to convict 306 illegal immigrant workers at a meat processing plant in Iowa in May, arguing that fast-tracked group trials violated defendants' rights," the Washington Post reports. "Homeland Security and Justice Department officials credit the new aggressive tactics with deterring border crossings. Republicans on the Judiciary Committee accused Democrats of caring more about illegal immigrants than the American workers whose jobs they take. 'The more the administration tries to do its job . . . the more they are criticized for enforcing the law,' said Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.)."

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