Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) A US federal court has ruled that immigration authorities acted unlawfully in detaining an Indian national after summarily cancelling his parole, finding that the government failed to follow basic constitutional requirements before taking him back into custody.The District Court for the Southern District of California granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Vikas Kumar, an Indian citizen detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Otay M…
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Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) A federal judge in California has directed US immigration officials to justify the detention of an Indian national after finding his legal challenge credible enough to proceed.The order was issued on December 24 by the US District Court for the Southern District of California, which asked the government to respond to a habeas corpus petition filed by Naveen Naveen, an Indian citizen contesting the legal basis of his continued immigration detention.In his order, the judg…