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LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic today won the release of three men held indefinitely while appealing their immigration cases. The men had been held between two and four and a half years without a hearing.

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LOS ANGELES - In a decision received today, Los Angeles Immigration Judge Bruce J. Einhorn ordered an end to deportation proceedings against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh, members of the Los Angeles Eight (LA8). The two have faced deportation for their alleged political associations with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization for more than twenty years.

COMPTON - As temperatures in Southern California plunged earlier this month, a lack of heat and broken windows forced students and teachers at Compton High School to bundle up. Some teachers held classes outside to escape the chill. Many at the school say the problems have been going on for years.

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