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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
As Americans continue to gather for justice & real change, @DOJ_EOIR has been closing #immigrationcourts in major urban centers throughout the US early due to "civil unrest"--but Eloy is well outside of Phoenix in the AZ desert. Are the rattlesnakes rising up, or 
oh come ON
Just a few examples from the last few days
The entire American #immigrationcourt system is closed and all cases other than those of people in ICE custody will be rescheduled.
Next: release ICE detainees.
Let's drop the pretense that these people being held on civil immigration charges are any real danger to the public.
Next: release ICE detainees.
Let's drop the pretense that these people being held on civil immigration charges are any real danger to the public.
As of now:
USCIS: closed
#IMMIGRATIONCOURTS: closed for all but detained cases
CONSULATES: many closing to the public
ICE (actual quote): "We just have to continue to go with the same game plan that we've been doing."
latimes.com/california/sto…
USCIS: closed
#IMMIGRATIONCOURTS: closed for all but detained cases
CONSULATES: many closing to the public
ICE (actual quote): "We just have to continue to go with the same game plan that we've been doing."
latimes.com/california/sto…
#COVID19 will hit an ICE detention center.
This is a thing that is going to happen. And the facilities will, in many cases, be far less prepared than they are now.
ICE has authority--exclusive authority in many cases--to release every one of them now.
every
one
of
them
NOW
This is a thing that is going to happen. And the facilities will, in many cases, be far less prepared than they are now.
ICE has authority--exclusive authority in many cases--to release every one of them now.
every
one
of
them
NOW
CLOSE THE BOSTON IMMIGRATION COURT NOW
"It's a real public health issue," [Cameron] said.
#mapoli #bospoli #covid19
commonwealthmagazine.org/immigration/de…
"It's a real public health issue," [Cameron] said.
#mapoli #bospoli #covid19
commonwealthmagazine.org/immigration/de…
Also:
-release all (yes, all) ICE detainees
-suspend all USCIS interviews & naturalization ceremonies
-total moratorium on all deportations
Boston is a major nexus for this pandemic. Stop making people come here, and stop sending them out.
None of this is worth it.
-release all (yes, all) ICE detainees
-suspend all USCIS interviews & naturalization ceremonies
-total moratorium on all deportations
Boston is a major nexus for this pandemic. Stop making people come here, and stop sending them out.
None of this is worth it.
As noted in the story, the Boston #immigrationcourt is where non-citizens from RI, NH, VT, ME, and eastern MA are required to report for removal hearings upon pain of automatic deportation if they fail to appear. It's a perfect vector for spreading this all over New England.
Not that anyone asked me, but here's how the #immigration system should deal w/#covid19:
--suspend all #immigrationcourt
--suspend all #USCIS interviews
--automatically extend all ICE check-in 6 months
--release all ICE detainees
None of this is worth the risk. None of it.
--suspend all #immigrationcourt
--suspend all #USCIS interviews
--automatically extend all ICE check-in 6 months
--release all ICE detainees
None of this is worth the risk. None of it.
This is maybe the only upside to having #immigrationcourts not be Constitutional judicial bodies under Article III: they're optional. They are not such an essential part of government that they need to remain operational during a pandemic.
They're just not.
They're just not.
Call me alarmist, but there's no precaution too extreme for what New England is facing right now and we all should have started cutting non-essential public exposure weeks ago. Better now than waiting another day.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
THE PERSON LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DID NOT KNOW THAT IMMIGRATION JUDGES WERE A THING
There is a lot going on in this excerpt, but I may never recover from that gobsmacking punchline
There is a lot going on in this excerpt, but I may never recover from that gobsmacking punchline
This excerpt is from this 2011 Cato Institute report on why it's time to #AbolishDHS
cato.org/sites/cato.org…
which accurately cites this Washington Post story
washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
cato.org/sites/cato.org…
which accurately cites this Washington Post story
washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
1/ A #Boston federal court decided last month for the 1st time in US history that it's ICE's job to prove an ICE detainee is dangerous rather than forcing the detainee to prove a negative. Here's a quick report on how this Boston-only ruling is playing out in my home court.
2/ 1st, I've always found it frankly bizarre that #immigrationcourts required that *detainees* prove that they shouldn't be in ICE custody. This goes against centuries of common law, if not common sense. The govt should *always* have to justify taking someone's liberty. Always.
3/ In practice, putting the burden of proving "non-dangerousness" in #immigrationcourt required us to gather every relevant page of criminal records (including police reports), even for cases which had been dismissed/dropped, in a matter of days. Not my favorite part of the job.
Another sad day for immigration law: The Board of Imm. Appeals proved today that it is not only willing to openly violate our international treaty obligations, but that it really may not understand the basic concept of rogue cops operating with impunity in failed states.
Uniformed officers w/service weapons came to this #asylum applicant's door & violently extorted him, and the BIA went ahead and found that they probably weren't real cops...
because they told him not to tell the cops
And he should have reported to the real cops
what
WHAT
because they told him not to tell the cops
And he should have reported to the real cops
what
WHAT
That is absolutely not how any of this works, as anyone who has given even a few seconds of thought to what it might be like to try to survive in a gang-compromised nation like Guatemala would understand.
Rogue cops do this kind of thing *all the time,* and no one can stop them
Rogue cops do this kind of thing *all the time,* and no one can stop them
An imm. judge just denied my asylum-seeking client's bond bc he didn't have ID.
He does, though. He came to the US w/photo ID, but ICE took it at the border... and now says they don't have it.
We have a week to come up with something & try for bond again.
#immigrationcourt
He does, though. He came to the US w/photo ID, but ICE took it at the border... and now says they don't have it.
We have a week to come up with something & try for bond again.
#immigrationcourt
My client told us that ICE had his ID, and I just had to trust that they did. They usually do.
We just have no lawful right to confirm that. This is what a court system with no right to discovery looks like.
#Immigrationcourts need to be brought into the judicial branch ASAP.
We just have no lawful right to confirm that. This is what a court system with no right to discovery looks like.
#Immigrationcourts need to be brought into the judicial branch ASAP.
(To be clear, the court allowed us to w/draw the bond request without prejudice, rather than denying it. This allows us to try again next time if we can come up with anything resembling ID.)
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
I mean, let’s start here: Probably you don't, actually.
But if you’re still reading: You want advice on how to get into (and survive) #immigrationlaw, and I’m here for that.
Here’s all of it.
I mean, let’s start here: Probably you don't, actually.
But if you’re still reading: You want advice on how to get into (and survive) #immigrationlaw, and I’m here for that.
Here’s all of it.
(1) MAJOR IN ENGLISH. Do not even *consider* another degree.
Writing is my first & best skill as a lawyer. From one-line emails to Supreme Court briefs, it's a craft--and one you owe it to yourself and your future clients to master. This is not optional.
Writing is my first & best skill as a lawyer. From one-line emails to Supreme Court briefs, it's a craft--and one you owe it to yourself and your future clients to master. This is not optional.
(2) WRITE TO BE READ. Write persuasively. Write with intention. Don't overwrite, don't underwrite. Just write until it's good. Write until it's yours.
It is theoretically possible to be a great lawyer and a mediocre writer, but you shouldn't settle for that. Do the work now.
It is theoretically possible to be a great lawyer and a mediocre writer, but you shouldn't settle for that. Do the work now.
1/ As you may have read by now, the DOJ linked a hateful post on a well-known white supremacist website dedicated for decades almost entirely to xenophobia as recommended reading for 500+ US immigration judges.
How much does this suck? An investigation
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
How much does this suck? An investigation
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
2/ I've been checking in on VDare for years. It's about as openly hateful as openly neo-Nazi sites like Stormfront, the Daily Stormer, etc. No one who has spent any time in Immigrationland wouldn't know what it is & what it stands for. (Today's top headline for reference)
3/ DOJ's official explanation seems to infer that some outside contractor is responsible for getting these daily news briefs out based on keywords. OK. But why does this contractor's acceptable list of sources include at least one well-known hate site? And no human supervision?
