Courtroom access principles apply to deportation hearings.

From: Newspaper Research Journal | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Olson, Kathleen K. | Copyright information

The presumption of "openness" set forth in the Richmond Newspapers case should apply to deportation hearings to allow for public scrutiny and to guarantee individual rights.

Few post-Sept. 11 security measures have been as damaging to the press' ability to inform the American public as the Justice Department's closure of some deportation proceedings for reasons of national security. Despite Immigration and Naturalization Service regulations making deportation proceedings pres...

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