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Waiting my turn in #immigrationcourt as I watch a Biden-appointed imm judge deport the father of an 8 yr old autistic US citizen at the request of a Biden-hired ICE attorney. Meet the new boss, etc
I wandered into this one near the end, but far as I can tell the judge is of the opinion that the man before him did not demonstrate enough "contrition" for prior immigration violations and that the autistic child would not suffer enough upon separation from his father to count
The judge is literally putting on the record that there are plenty of single mothers with autistic kids in the US, and that this man's wife will now be one of them. Just another Thursday in our #immigrationcourts
The short & long term effects on kids of having a parent taken into ICE custody for even a few days--let held for years before being deported for life--are all too well-known... and we're simply not allowed to argue this point when seeking release on bond in #immigrationcourt
Immigration judges constantly deny bond and hold parents for months based on anything from pending petty theft allegations to 10-yr-old drunk driving convictions to supposed "gang ties" which DHS has no obligation whatsoever to prove. Lives, psyches, futures destroyed in seconds
We are sometimes allowed to at least introduce evidence of what separation/deportation would do to a US citizen child's mental health, but undocumented kids might as well not exist. They have no value.
It makes me physically I'll to perpetuate these harms just by doing my job
It makes me physically I'll to perpetuate these harms just by doing my job
UN Human Rights commissioner regarding US immigration policies:
"The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."
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"The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."
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The @UNHumanRights spoke out early last year about Session, republican GOP and Trump's inhumane policy of separating families.. 
The Trump administration stopped cooperating with UN investigations into human rights violations in America theguardian.com/law/2019/jan/0…
