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The LSC-funded Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago and the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice are calling for a moratorium on the use of videoconferencing in Chicago's immigration court after a joint study -- Videoconferencing in Removal Proceedings" -- found widespread deficiencies in the system. In 2002, the court began using videoconferencing to link downtown Chicago courtrooms with detainees, who take part in their immigration removal hearings from a remote detention center in the city's suburbs.

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When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law 40 years ago, the measure was seen largely as a way to fight discrimination against blacks across the South.

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Whether you're looking to change banks or you're opening your first account, it pays to shop around, do some research and ask questions, experts say.

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When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law 40 years ago, the measure was largely seen as a way to fight discrimination against blacks across the South.

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For the past decade, The Appleseed Foundation of Washington, D.C., has fostered public interest law centers throughout the country. For six of those years, Robert H. Mundheim, of counsel at Shearman & Sterling and a former dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, served as its president.

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With Help From Government, Mortgage Lenders Tap Growing Hispanic Market --- A Fight in Wisconsin's Senate

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The action leaves in place a law that lets Kansas students without legal immigration status pay in-state rates.

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State'€™s Medicaid overhaul also includes provision to lower adult age from 21 to 18

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With a hot presidential election in full swing, this year's elections of three new Alabama Supreme Court judges are not likely to make headlines. But Alabamians should take a closer look, because special interest groups are again using their money in an attempt to dominate our Supreme Court. Money is a very powerful tool, but it should not rule the day in judicial elections.

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Washington, D.C., needs to be prepared for measures that make condoms available in schools and needle-exchange programs available for injection drug users, if the city is to tackle HIV/AIDS effectively,

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