Nearly 100 Mexicans seek return to U.S. on civil rights violations

Nearly 100 Mexicans have sought to return to the U.S. by Wednesday's deadline under the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accused federal immigration officials in Southern California of failing to advise people of their rights.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Homeland Security in 2013 over the use of a procedure to expel people from the country known as a voluntary return.

Under the procedure, people surrender rights to appear before an immigration judge and can . . .