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Prior deportation doesn’t bar right to counsel – 9th Circuit
According to this article on Reuters, by Daniel Wiessner
“(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said the right to counsel for individuals who claim they have a credible fear of persecution if they are deported extends to those who have already been deported and illegally reentered the United States.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said cases involving the reinstatement of prior deportation orders qualify as “any removal proceedings” under federal immigration law.
The U.S. Department of Justice had argued in cases involving Guatemalan national Walter Orozco-Lopez and Mexican citizen Homero Gonzalez Martinez that laws related to reinstated removal orders are silent on the right to counsel, and so those individuals are not entitled to lawyers.”