Judge considers whether to open detainee hearings 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, May 13, 2002
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Lawyers for civil rights groups and two newspapers urged a federal judge in New Jersey to remove the nation’s blanket ban on secret deportation hearings for immigrants detained in the terrorism investigation. “The events of Sept. 11 make it more imperative than ever that the press cover these proceedings,” said one of the lawyers, Lawrence ...