One of our attorneys, @Cristian_S_Tx faced an absurd number of obstacles in representing his client in court with #COVID19 raging on.
Undeterred, he was able to get gloves & a mask and hoped that his glasses would be enough to let him into Pearsall Detention Center.
He and his client were on edge, not even knowing if the hearing was going to happen!
The assigned judge had been out sick for the last several days. The night before the hearing, they were assigned another judge, but then soon after, Cristian was told that judge was also sick!
The hearing was ultimately scheduled with a San Antonio judge.
So Cristian faced a dilemma of whether to go to the courthouse for a video hearing or attempt to go to Pearsall so that he could be at his client's side.
He reached out to ICE counsel the morning of the hearing to see if they would agree to a last-minute continuance. ICE objected, stating that Cristian could just appear telephonically at his client's final individual hearing.
With no choice but to proceed, he was determined and found sufficient protective eyewear so that he could be with his client.
In the end, all of his hard work paid off and his client was RELEASED from detention and on her way to her family! #refugeechat
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