In a powerful affirmation of the right of immigrants to be secure in their homes, a unanimous federal appeals panel held Wednesday that a Fourth Amendment violation so egregious as to warrant suppression does not necessarily have to result from a physical threat or abuse.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said an immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals had wrongly interpreted case law, imposing too high a burden on the petitioners and too low a burden on the government in cases challenging the legality of unwarranted raids.
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