Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Jeanne A. Butterfield

Jeanne A. Butterfield is executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and was a founding member of the Committee for Justice for the LA Eight.

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Do Immigrants Have First Amendment Rights?

“War on Terrorism Hits LA,” the headline of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner screamed on January 27, 1987. The Los Angeles Eight, as the seven Palestinians and a Kenyan came to be known, are still fighting deportation today. Dangerous security risks? The Immigration and Naturalization Service said so

Jeanne A. Butterfield • 7 min read