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The Trump administration has weaponized the immigration courts into a deportation machine. This must end. We’re suing. #AbolishTheDeportationMachine #SaveAsylum

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We filed a lawsuit today with @ThinkLawLab on behalf of our organizations and @asylumadvocacy, @santafedreamers, @LasAmericasIAC and @cliniclegal. #AbolishTheDeportationMachine #SaveAsylum

Our nation’s immigration courts make life-and-death decisions every day for people seeking #asylum. They depend on a functioning court system to protect them from persecution, torture, and death. #AbolishTheDeportationMachine #SaveAsylum

But our immigration courts are riddled with bias, dysfunction, and unlawful policies that violate due process. Under the Trump administration, immigration courts are deportation machines where asylum seekers are supposed to lose. #AbolishTheDeportationMachine #SaveAsylum

The immigration court backlog is over one million cases. Thousands of asylum seekers wait years for their court date. Many courts are asylum-free zones, where virtually no asylum claims are granted. #AbolishTheDeportationMachine #SaveAsylum

People fleeing for their lives deserve a fair day in court. By challenging the deportation machine, we hope to bring integrity to the immigration court system. #AbolishTheDeportationMachine #SaveAsylum

"We've come to call the current situation a deportation machine, and it really is because it is virtually impossible, particularly in some jurisdictions ... to effectively represent individuals in immigration court proceedings." -SPLC's Melissa Crow

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