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Welcome news but hotels were never the real issue, kids being expelled w/ no access to the asylum system is.

So time to demand they stop expelling children alone to places they might die without even asking why they fled in the first place.

Also #FreeTheFamilies #FreeThemAll
Miller & Co are likely devising ways to mask compliance w/ this while still expelling children w/ no due process. Expect tents at the border so they can avoid sending to kids to ORR where they would have access to protection system and lawyers.
Remember that Flores only addresses their conditions of confinement. And the settlement protections haven’t stopped ICE from violating the rights of kids in family prisons for years. Please #StayOutraged
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There are little things in #ImmigrationNation that are just infuriating, but also a window in to how ICE officers lie to themselves about the impact of their work. An example is the decision about whether to detain the Salvadoran, former police officer towards the end of ep 2.
Officer asks supvsr about detaining given that the man fears return. Then he says “so should we detain him so his case can be heard quickly?” Supvsr quickly says yes. They seem to be trying to convince themselves (or the audience) that they are somehow helping him by detaining.
But the truth is not only does detaining him rip him from his family causing lifelong trauma, but also means he is less likely to win his asylum/protection case & less likely to get representation.
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Tonight’s decision in #Flores recognizes the grave danger children in ICE prison are in due to COVID & orders prompt releases. But it only guarantees oppty for release of kids, NOT PARENTS. It’s time to get loud and demand ICE not separate these families. #FamiliesBelongTogether
This decision sets up a binary choice for these parents. Can you imagine being told your child can leave his prison, but only if they go alone? Or you can stay together in an ICE prison where COVID is spreading rapidly. What would you do? Remember: ICE has power to #FreeThemAll.
Judge Gee will require ICE to file affidavits explaining cases where they refuse to exercise discretion & release families together. ICE will have to spell out the binary choice they are forcing on these families: remain in ICE prison together or send child alone into a pandemic.
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On train home to LA from SD, I am thinking about all I saw & heard today as we commemorated the 1 year anniversary of the #MigrantPersecutionProtocols by demanding our govt #RestoreAsylumNOW. And I can’t stop thinking about the last case I watched, a mom w/ her 3 kids. (thread)
I wasn’t able to live tweet case b/c IJ Simpson randomly told me I wasn’t allowed to have a phone in court, which isn’t true, but I was too tired to argue. If you read thread @ImmDef today, this was the mom w/ the kids who had to leave & come back at end b/c toddler was crying.
Mom was exhausted and overwhelmed when the court heard her case at 4:30pm. She told the IJ that she was desperate. She begged him to help her, explaining that her kids have asthma and they are sick all the time and getting worse. Her loud, deep sobs made IJ Simpson uncomfortable.
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