[Vision2020] News of the weird

[Carl Westberg]

Got this from a sports board I read........ From the 7/27 Idaho Press 
Tribune.

Vasquez questions Idaho Law School


IMMIGRATION: Former Senate candidate says institution illegally defends 
foreign nationals

The Associated Press

MOSCOW — A former Canyon County commissioner and vocal foe of illegal 
immigration says instructors and students at the University of Idaho Law 
School are breaking the law by offering free legal representation to people 
who face deportation or other immigration proceedings.
   “Federal law states that anyone who aids and abets an illegal alien in 
remaining in the United States is committing a felony," Vasquez told the 
Lewiston Tribune.
   Monica Schurtman, a UI professor and supervising attorney for the Tribal 
Clinic, laughed off Vasquez’s criticism.
    “That’s really funny,” she said. “What we try to do is assist our 
clients in a well-established legal system to remain legally in the United 
States.” Schurtman said the immigration aspect was added to the clinic in 
2000 when she saw immigration as a growing concern in the state.
   “In 2000, it was obvious to me that there was a huge jump in the 
immigrant population coming,” Schurtman said. “It’s something I’ve always 
been passionate about.”
   Vasquez ended a Senate campaign after running out of money, but said he 
is considering again challenging U.S. Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho.
   “If they are a legal alien, and they have committed a crime, and they 
have been convicted, then their legal status is revoked and they're 
deported,"  Vasquez said. “If they are an illegal alien, they deserve no 
representation; they should be apprehended immediately and deported. How 
difficult is that to understand?”
   Schurtman said an example of the type of work the clinic does was a 
Chinese immigrant detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for 
four years. The Chinese government was after the man for violating China’s 
marriage laws by having more than one child.
   Arguing before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, UI students won the 
case and the man was given political asylum.

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