New York Times Sues DOJ Under FOIA for Immigration Court Decision in Salvadoran Death Squad Case

Dan Kowalski on LEXISNEXIS Immigration Community has the latest on New York Times reporter Julia Preston’s suit against the Department of Justice for records on retired Salvadoran Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, who led the National Guard and Defense Ministry while death squads murdered tens of thousands of people. He has been denied relief from removal from the United States.  The Justice Department refused to release records from Vides Casanova’s immigration hearings. After Vides’ removal hearing, Immigration Judge James Grim issued a written decision, in February 2012.  Preston says the written decision “was an exhaustive examination of the testimonial and documentary evidence that had been presented in a public proceeding … the most comprehensive legal assessment of General Vides’s role in human rights abuses to date.”

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