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Attorney General Issues Memo on Access to Justice
Attorney General Garland issued a memo reinvigorating DOJ's Office for Access to Justice and announcing a process to develop a plan for expanding DOJ's role in leading access-to-justice policy initiatives, including on how DOJ and partners can address barriers to access in the immigration systems.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 21051900.
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