BREAKING: Our clients are being barred from presenting their non-refoulement (fear of MX) interviews at the border. Approx 30 @ImmDef@AlOtroLado_Org clients have been barred since noon. Our atty @CargioliM is taking over to report the latest updates #RestoreAsylumNow (THREAD)
Children and families who have survived multiple kidnapping attempts, those assaulted by MX police, families held at gunpoint - all NOT ALLOWED non-refoulement interviews for the last 5 hours @CargioliM
Among the vulnerable families we are presenting at the POE is a family with a 6 year old who were threatened by narcotics traffickers in Mexico. #SaveAsylum
These beautiful young girls were nearly kidnapped. Their parents fled Nicaragua due to participating in a peaceful march where their family member was killed.
There are 13 children waiting at the POE asking the U.S. government to remove them from harm. We have been waiting for hours. The U.S. government’s own policy states MPP Respondents who fear for their lives in Mexico may request a fear interview at a POE.
It is getting cold and dark without any answers from CBP. We have repeatedly asked to speak with a supervisor only to be told that one was coming. No supervisor has come out to speak with us.
On the day when many of us are casting our votes, remember those who have no voice. Among our group is a Cuban man who was detained in Cuba for expressing his political beliefs. #SaveAsylum
A CBP Supervisor came out and confirmed our clients who have been waiting for hours at the POE have a right to request a fear of Mexico interview. But he is not letting our clients into the U.S. to begin the interview process. #rightsmatter
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While SCOTUS has forfeited the power of the judiciary & submitted to Trump’s unlawfulness, we will not cede our power. This is a moment to double down on fighting for our communities and the most vulnerable among us, plant our feet on the right side of history, and forge ahead.🧵
Sotomayor dissented, “By forging ahead and granting relief to the Government anyway, this Court endorses the radical proposition that the President is harmed, irreparably, whenever he cannot do something he wants to do, even if what he wants to do is break the law."
SCOTUS majority has simply played along w/ Trump’s circumvention of the Constitution. The Court did not rule on the merits of Trump's executive action but shifted the responsibility of enforcing birthright citizenship protections onto vulnerable individuals in district court.
Earlier today the media released a list that names the people from Venezuela that were forcibly removed by the United States to an El Salvador mega-prison.
Our client, Andry, was one of them. @L_Toczylowski joined @maddow 👇
Andry is a human being. He is son, a brother, and a beloved community member. Andry is a young professional and an accomplished makeup artist. He is a gay man, who is kind, funny, and has humanitarian aspirations.
@L_Toczylowski
It doesn't justify this treatment but our client has no criminal history & entered the U.S. lawfully. Andry is so many things. One thing he is not is a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, but that didn't stop the Trump admin from disappearing him.
Asylum seekers in MPP only have from 10 to 12 to potentially meet w/ lawyers on their day in court. That is if they can find a lawyer willing to represent them while being forced to remain in Tijuana, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. #DueProcess#AccessToCounsel
On the first day of MPP court in San Diego since the Biden administration decided to resume the deadly program, there are two judges hearing 7 cases. In the days and weeks ahead these numbers will sadly increase as more and more human beings are placed into MPP.
Today we’re proud to announce the official launch of the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign. We’re working with hundreds of advocates and organizations to say it loud and clear: we’re ready for a just asylum system that puts compassion and dignity first.
➡️welcomewithdignity.org
The #WelcomewithDignity campaign is committed to transforming the way the U.S. receives and protects people who survived violence and left behind their homes. Together, w/our border orgs, we can build a more just and truly humane asylum system. Join us: bit.ly/WelcomeWithDig…
This is Bryan. After 3 yrs of separation from his mom due to Trump’s zero tolerance policy, he will finally reunite w/her this week. Despite such a traumatic experience, Bryan is fighting back by joining #TeamImmDef to help children like him know their rights.
Thank you to @jacobsoboroff for joining us in celebrating this bittersweet moment. ImmDef met Bryan while he was in an ORR shelter. Since then he was reunited with siblings. This week his family becomes whole again.
“I didn’t have a chance to say anything. We were shocked, crying and didn’t expect to be separated from each other. That was the last time I saw my mom in person.” - ImmDef client Bryan, becomes one of the first children to reunite w/mother under Biden’s Task Force this week.
Many of the children entering these EIS were forced to flee their home countries due to severe violence, persecution, natural disaster, & some may have been separated from parents or family members due to the Biden Admin's continued implementation of the unjust Title 42 policy. 2
While the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 requires that children be transferred from CBP custody into ORR facilities within 72 hours, ImmDef staff recently witnessed a child still in CBP custody after 26 days & allowed only 2 showers in that time. 3