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‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: Supreme Court Ruling; Disabled Detainees Released; RNC Meeting

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Today, the Spanish-language media highlights yesterday’s Supreme Court decision regarding lawyers’ obligations to immigrant clients, the release of disabled detainees and a meeting at the Republican National Committee with immigration activists, among other stories.

Supreme Court ruling. In Padilla v. Kentucky, the Court ruled that lawyers have an obligation to inform immigrant clients of the possibility that they will be deported if they plead guilty to a charge. El Diario (El Paso), La Voz (Arizona) and news agencies EFE, the AP and Reuters have more on the story.