LOS ANGELES – A federal judge in California has certified a class of hundreds of undocumented immigrant detainees with mental disabilities who have alleged that they were unable to obtain legal counsel in violation of their due process rights.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles certified the group in a ruling filed under seal on Nov. 21. The ruling applies to cases in Arizona, California and Washington, where, according to the suit, up to 25 percent of the nation’s immigrant detainees are being held.
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