Want to fight fascism one case at a time in the midst of a global pandemic? Are you an immigration attorney, DOJ Accredited Rep, or immigration law prof? Well look no further. This opportunity to stoke your seemingly endless DHS induced-rage is brought to you by @AlOtroLado_Org.
Things you can do to help protect the rights of asylum seekers from the safety of your home. Help prepare:
1. I589s 2. declarations 3. motions to reopen for individuals prevented from attending their hearings by the spineless schmucks at CBP 4. Review intakes 5. Pro se prep
How we protect the rights of the most vulnerable in the darkest of times speaks volumes about who we are. Let's continue to be the people that our government is not, people who believe in justice, due process & human rights for all.
In 2018, I had an abortion following a sexual assault by a former intimate partner who had shifted into the role of abuser. I understood well then that if I gave birth, that the man who raped me would be a constant presence in my future. I did not want that life for myself.
There is the mistaken belief that the US is a safe country for women because it is a "modernized Western democracy." But the reality is 1000s of women and girls are raped each year by intimate partners and other family members.
As a culture, the US fails on the daily to teach its men and boys the concept of "no." Women & girls are stalked, raped & killed for rejecting men's advances or daring to leave a relationship. Now we are taking away women's right to say "no" to birthing their rapist's babies.
Thanks to @POTUS, today is about helping an asylum seeker evaluate if she & her baby qualify as "high risk" if the child has lung problems that might improve if they weren't living in a tent next to a landfill, cooking over a fire, but may lead to death if they stay the winter.
But why would they stay the winter? Why not return back home, where her husband was kidnapped by organized crime, beaten, & recaptured after he briefly escaped, where they were also looking for her, believing she helped him & knew the location of the other kidnapped husbands.
She can't go south & she can't go north. She's the victim of a narco-state that won't protect her & a US govt that won't give her access to the legal process to save her life, & the only possible way out of this hell is if she meets the elusive definition of "highly vulnerable"
Hi @CBPSanDiegoI am a bit confused why your officers at the SY POE are telling this elderly scooter-bound man there’s no “handicapped” lane & he’s gotta wait at the back of the line. Has no one talked about the Americans w/Disabilities Act or Rehabilitation Act w/ y’all?
Actually I’ve been here since 7:45am and this is the third elderly person with a disability who came to the front of the line requesting an accommodation which you summarily denied without individualized consideration.
We are up to #4 people with disabilities that @CBPSanDiego has turned away this morning. Luckily the good people of the line let this elderly woman “cut” the line. Because unlike the officers here, si tienen madre.
Border Pro Tip for @POTUS & @DHSgov Sec @AliMayorkas: When you give asylum seekers ZERO info about changes to the legal process you create an information vacuum for organized crime to fill. Case in point: all them work visa scams going on in Tijuana.
People think they are buying a legitimate work visa by people who falsely present themselves to be lawyers. Recently quoted price is $400 per family member-- and all family members, including the babies are "required" to apply. Don't worry, they take payments.
So even though the US talks a good game about fighting organized crime at the border their complete failure to provide information to the asylum seeker community patiently waiting their turn has done nothing but literally line the pockets of organized crime. Make it make sense.
Dear @POTUS & @DHSgov Sec. @AliMayorkas: I know I sound like a broken record, but thought you should know @CBP did the thing again-- expelled a US citizen infant to Mexico w/out their birth certificate, making that baby undocumented in 1 of the most violent cities in the world.
This recent case makes 12 babies identified by @AlOtroLado_Org in collaboration w/our partners @HaitianBridge & @humanrights1st---a number which excludes the other undocumented babies identified by other border orgs & God knows how many who were never identified at all.
I fail to understand how the expulsion of US citizen infants w/out their official birth certificates under Title 42 helps keep the American public safe from COVID. But I think we need to bring in other opinions since its clear this has not been fully discussed with Congress.
Friday night work with asylum seekers shouldn't involve fielding calls from the recently kidnapped but now escaped, using the borrowed phone of a stranger for help finding the path to a safer place. But today it does involve just that thanks to @CBP & @DHSgov
The government knew their bullshit asylum seeker waitlist, now over 8000 migrants long in Tijuana alone, & their even more bullshit Migrant Persecution Protocols would kill people. But they did it anyway. Because they want people to die, or at minimum, to warn others not to come.
But no one in @DHSgov ever asks why are people coming, what role we have played & continue to play in destabilizing democratically elected governments & installing corrupt puppets in their place. We want them not to come but the harm we've done is the reason many of them are here