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Senate Judiciary advances resolution urging due process for detained green card holder
Summary
The Senate Judiciary advanced a Senate-only resolution on April 24 asking that a U.S. green card holder detained by federal immigration authorities be afforded due process; the committee voted 4-1 to report the measure out of committee.
The Senate Judiciary met April 24 and voted to advance a Senate-only resolution urging that a U.S. lawful permanent resident detained by federal immigration authorities be afforded due process. The committee recorded a 4-1 vote to report the resolution out of committee.
Michael Chernick, legislative counsel, summarized the resolution and described it as focused solely on procedural fairness. "This resolution is specifically asking that he be afforded due process," Chernick said, adding that the text does not make any prejudgments about the underlying facts of the case.
According to Chernick’s description to the committee, the man — a U.S. green card holder who had been living in Vermont — was detained by federal…
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