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The Los Angeles Times reports:
Nasin Mauricio Rivera died in San Bernardino County in August and his body was shipped to his native El Salvador for burial.Attorneys for Rivera, an illegal immigrant, said his case is a waste of resources and should be closed.
"To us, it's a matter of principle -- a dead person should not be deported," said immigration attorney Edgardo Quintanilla. At a November hearing in Los Angeles Immigration Court, attorney Alberto Lopez presented a photocopy of Rivera's death certificate. Lopez had obtained the copy from Blanca Ramirez, who was divorced from Rivera but still lived with him in Echo Park.
Lopez said the attorney from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him the copy wasn't sufficient.
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