US immigration judges are deporting people in mass hearings – some without notice
Inside ‘mega master’ calendar hearings, the new tactic of scheduling hearings on short notice and deporting the people who don’t show upA man in line for the elevator bank at the federal immigration court in San Antonio, Texas, on a morning in mid-July told the security guard that he had an attorney. “You’re special,” the guard replied, with genuine surprise.Upstairs, inside Brittany A Rodriquez’s courtroom, the young judge with stark blond highlights gave an asylum seeker a month-and-a-half to turn…
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