Thread by @HMAesq

Today I was reminded why I'm running for office.

I got off the phone today with a judge who denied my client, headed for Virginia, the chance to apply for asylum.

His case was a slam dunk, especially after a nationwide injunction issued earlier today.

Without quoting a single case, despite our 7pg brief explaining the law, the judge denied the case. My client's tears and trembling voice did not move him, because "lots of people come here from El Salvador with stories like yours, but that doesn't qualify you for asylum."

Yes, it does.

When gang members come and kill off two of your brothers, one after another, then beat and rape two of your sisters, both of whom make it to the US and were allowed to apply for asylum, then you have a claim, too.

But this is what happens when due process breaks down. The judge simply didn't want to grant it to him. So he denied it without giving a reason.

This is happening in the United States of America, right in our own borders.

It has to stop, at all levels. I had flashbacks to that first night at Dulles, where officials said they didn't accept orders from outside judges.

We must zealously protect #DueProcess - the right to tell one's story - at all levels. Families depend on it. Lives depend on it.

You don't get to disregard the law just because you're afraid of who might benefit.

The fight to protect due process is everywhere: on our border, at our airports, and yes, right here in Virginia. This is where we begin to re-empower our communities, right in our own backyard.

Let them live without constant fear of arrest. Let them get to work. Let them send their kids to school. Let them share, let them play, let them give, let them be.

For they are us.

#Hassan4VA
#DueProcessForever

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