Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s dismissal of the lawsuit by Guadalupe Chaidez Campos. While in prison, according to the ruling, she applied for and received a type of legal “nonimmigrant” status granted to some crime victims. However, when she reported to a probation office in November 2013 with her 1-year-old child and the child’s father, she was detained, despite showing proof of her legal status. Tuesday’s ruling said the government enjoys sovereign immunity from the type of lawsuit Chaidez Campos filed. Attorneys for the Mexican American Legal Defence and Education Fund had argued on behalf of the woman at the 5th Circuit.

Source: National Post April 24, 2018 23:04 UTC