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That can violate their right to fair treatment in court, slow down asylum or deportation proceedings, and extend their time in detention.</p> </div><div class="more"><a href="/web/20130513022832/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/14/us-bounced-around-country">Read the Press Release</a></div><div class="more"><a href="/web/20130513022832/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/06/14/costly-move">Read the Report</a><br> ISBN: 1-56432-783-3</div> </div> </div> <div id="content-blocks"> <div id="block-tic-report_media" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title">Feature Content</h6> <div class="view view-asset-related-video-pubs view-id-asset_related_video_pubs view-display-id-default view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513022832im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-crop-200w-133h/media/images/photographs/CostlyMove_thumb.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h imagecache-default imagecache-scale-crop-200w-133h_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-type"> <span class="field-content"><div class="tic-node-type-icon tic-node-type-icon-embed"></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513022832/http://www.hrw.org/features/a-costly-move">A Costly Move</a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-report_download" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title">Get the Report</h6> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513022832/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0611spsumandrecs.pdf">Descargar resumen y recomendaciones en español</a> <span class="meta">(PDF, 105.13 KB)</span></li> <li class=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513022832/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0611webwcover_0.pdf">Download the full report</a> <span class="meta">(PDF, 470.55 KB)</span></li> <li class="last last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513022832/http://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dhLOK6PGLoF&b=3444291&en=itLMKYNJIhLOLZNOKeLKIZOOLlLSL3PFKhJ0IgMYJxG&ProductID=962807">Purchase this report in print</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div id="block-xslt_book-1" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title"></h6> <div class="item-list"><ul class="xslt-book"> <li> <a href="/web/20130513022832/http://www.hrw.org/node/99646/section/1">I. 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