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ACLU of Virginia hires Mary Bauer as new executive director


ACLU of Virginia hires Mary Bauer as new executive director
Published Wednesday, May. 5, 2021, 7:54 pm
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Mary Bauer. Photo courtesy ACLU of Virginia.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia announced today that it has hired Mary Bauer to succeed Executive Director Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, who announced her retirement in October after nine years with the organization.
“We are thrilled to have Mary join the ACLU of Virginia team,” said Stephen M. Levinson, president of the ACLU of Virginia Board of Directors. “Mary is an experienced executive director, and has served in multiple roles during her career, including legal director, advocacy director and professor. She has deep roots in the Commonwealth that will serve us well.” ....

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Feds Get High Court Grill Marks on Conflicting Deportation Rules


Immigrants who have re-entered the U.S. after a prior deportation can secure asylum with proof of persecution, but federal law has conflicting rules on detaining these individuals.
Immigrants seeking asylum walk at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas, in 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
WASHINGTON (CN) Immigration attorneys voiced cautious optimism Monday after the Trump administration’s deportation procedures drew sharp questioning at Supreme Court oral arguments.
“A number of the justices seemed concerned with adopting an interpretation of the statutes that would predictably leave thousands of people per year in detention for lengthy periods of time without any possibility of review, where such an interpretation is not necessary,” Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, director of the Immigrant Advocacy Program, said in an email. ....

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