The Nation - News from June 11, 1986
A federal judge in Phoenix rejected a bid to have the convictions of eight sanctuary movement workers accused of smuggling Central Americans into the United States reversed on grounds they were singled out for prosecution. U.S. District Judge Earl Carroll told the lawyers that they did not convince him they should be allowed to proceed with their motion regarding selective prosecution of the defendants, who were convicted in the alien-smuggling conspiracy trial.
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