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USA Today/ ­- News, Seg, 16 de Abril de 2012
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL (Supreme Court)
Can an undocumented immigrant be
admitted to the Fla. Bar?
The Florida Board of Bar Examiners is asking the state
Supreme Court to determine whether it can admit
someone who is not in the country legally, the Sun
Sentinel reports.
The issue involves aspiring lawyer Jose
Godinez­-Samperio, 25, a Tampa­-area resident and
native of Mexico who entered the United States with
his parents 16 years ago on a tourist visa and didn't
leave. In the meantime, he became valedictorian of his
high school class of 2004 and graduated from the
Florida State University College of Law.
"No one who has shown this guy's level of contempt
for American law should be practicing law," William
Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration,
a political action committee that opposes amnesty for
undocumented immigrants, tells the newspaper.
Godinez­-Samperio's a attorney and former law
professor, Sandy D'Alemberte, who is also a former
state lawmaker, former president of FSU and former
president of the American Bar Association, disagrees,
arguing that "it is unfair to deny him the credentials
he's earned." Some supporters say that while
Godinez­-Samperio would not be permitted to earn a
living legally as an undocumented immigrant, he could
handle pro bono cases with a Bar card. The Sun
Sentinel says the state Board of Bar Examiners began
requiring exam­-takers to submit proof of immigration
status in 2008, but waived it for Godinez­-Samperio,
who disclosed his status and argued that
documentation was not required as a rule for
admission to the Bar.
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