Imperial Valley Press

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) to 11 months in prison. so unreasonab­le as to overcome

— A woman detained and While in prison, according that immunity. The deported to Mexico in 2013 to the ruling, she applied three-judge panel said the despite being in the United for and received a type of agents, who knew of her States legally cannot pursue legal “nonimmigra­nt” status earlier deportatio­n order, a wrongful arrest and granted to some crime acted within their discretion. false imprisonme­nt lawsuit victims. against the government, a However, when she reported “At worst, what occurred federal appeals court ruled to a probation office were failures to understand Tuesday. in November 2013 with the import of various

The 5th U.S. Circuit her 1-year-old child and immigratio­n documents Court of Appeals in New the child’s father, she was and regulation­s,” Judge Orleans upheld a Texas-based detained, despite showing Leslie Southwick wrote for federal judge’s proof of her legal status. the panel. dismissal of the lawsuit by She was taken back into Attorneys for the Mexican Guadalupe Chaidez Campos. Mexico that same day, not American Legal Defense returning until the following and Education Fund

Chaidez Campos had entered January. had argued on behalf of the country illegally Tuesday’s ruling said the the woman at the 5th Circuit. in 2012 and was ordered government enjoys sovereign Representa­tives of the out, according to court records. immunity from the group did not immediatel­y She pleaded guilty type of lawsuit Chaidez respond to an emailed request to entering the country illegally Campos filed. for comment Tuesday Spring and was sentenced It said agents were not evening.

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