The state of the immigration courts in which we practice affect hundreds of thousands. And they've been politicized and manipulated by the likes of Stephen Miller.
So I submitted written testimony for a hearing to be held by @HouseJudiciary tomorrow. Wanted to share it.
So I submitted written testimony for a hearing to be held by @HouseJudiciary tomorrow. Wanted to share it.
The crisis isn't the backlog of 1 million cases.
It's the LACK OF DUE PROCESS. Take it from someone in the trenches.
It's not a court of law when judges have to meet quotas to keep their jobs. When ICE attorneys show up without a file and nothing happens to them.
It's the LACK OF DUE PROCESS. Take it from someone in the trenches.
It's not a court of law when judges have to meet quotas to keep their jobs. When ICE attorneys show up without a file and nothing happens to them.
The right to tell one's story is sacrosanct. Throwing people into squalor, barring them from entering, holding court in a tent - all make a mockery of due process.
Do you hear that, "Party of Law and Order?"
JUSTICE IS NOT DISPENSED BY QUOTA.
Do you hear that, "Party of Law and Order?"
JUSTICE IS NOT DISPENSED BY QUOTA.
Of course, the white nationalist #TantonNetwork is invited to provide the counterpoint. Except it's not a counterpoint, any more than the KKK would offer a "counterpoint" on civil rights.
The WN perspective, open or camouflaged, has no place in our country. So I called it out.
The WN perspective, open or camouflaged, has no place in our country. So I called it out.
We have to spend most of our time putting out fires. But we ignore the sources of these fires at our own peril. It's what underlies my efforts to unseal the #TantonPapers. And as for the state of the courts dispensing deportation orders:
You bet it's worth our time.
You bet it's worth our time.
