On July 12, 2010, the summary deportations of Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendariz were determined to be illegal, with the United States government at fault. Houston-area immigration lawyer<\/a> Annie Banerjee offers some pertinent commentary concerning inequities of media coverage involving this grave injustice.<\/p>\n On Dec. 27, 2002 and July 17, 2003, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) received petitions from the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), the law firm of Gibbs Houston Pauw, and the Center for Human Rights and Justice against the government of the United States on behalf of Wayne Smith and his children and Hugo Armendariz and his children, respectively, in relation to Mr. Smith and Mr. Armedariz\u2019s deportation from the United States. According to the petitions, the State violated the alleged victims\u2019 rights protected under Articles I (right to life, liberty and personal security), V (right to private and family life), VI (right to family), (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On July 12, 2010, the summary deportations of Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendariz were determined to be illegal, with the United States government at fault. Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee offers some pertinent commentary concerning inequities of media coverage involving…<\/span><\/p>\n