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30 Oct

@CBP

WATCH: Former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was asked if @CBP was limiting the capacity to process asylum seekers in front of Congress in December 2018.

She lied.

She denied the agency had made changes to limit capacity. New reports show the agency was doing the opposite.

@DHSOIG

This revelation was exposed in an @DHSOIG report—but it wasn’t the only alarming find. Here are the other incredibly disturbing conclusions about @CBP’s actions.

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CBP officials lied to asylum seekers and others to turn them back to Mexico without processing their claims.

Officials would tell them the port of entry was at capacity and did not have the capability to process them, regardless of actual capacity and capability at the time.

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American Immigration Council

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30 May

@ICEgov

Here are 7 actions @ICEgov must take immediately to protect people from COVID-19. ⬇️

1. ICE should limit enforcement actions that feed the pipeline to immigration detention during the time of a declared national emergency.

2. The close quarters in ICE detention facilities make social distancing impossible.

ICE should release as many people in its custody as possible, starting with those who are elderly and most vulnerable, to safeguard public health.

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American Immigration Council

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30 Mar

We just filed a lawsuit to close the immigration courts and continue time-sensitive cases through remote technologies.

americanimmigrationcouncil.org/litigation/sto…

Health officials have told us to stay home and practice social distancing to flatten the curve of COVID-19.

However, the government is ignoring this advice.

Thousands of in-person court hearings continue and nearly 40,000 detainees are held in close quarters.

The American Immigration Council trains volunteer attorneys to represent people in detention through the Immigration Justice Campaign.

We know firsthand that there are real concerns about due process for migrants in this moment—in addition to the public health risks.

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American Immigration Council

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23 Jan

Our litigation team just finished our closing arguments in our case challenging inhumane and unconstitutional conditions in U.S. Border Patrol detention centers in Arizona’s Tucson Sector.

Here’s what happened during the course of the seven-day trial. ⬇️

A federal judge heard from experts who testified on the inadequate medical care and severe conditions inside Tucson Sector facilities.

Another witness summarized gov't data that showed prolonged detention in these facilities, which are intended only for short-term confinement.

The judge also heard from two witnesses previously held in CBP’s Tucson Sector facilities.

One witness described very cold and filthy conditions and stated she was not provided with any personal hygiene items or medical attention for an infected wound.

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American Immigration Council

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16 Jan

THREAD: Our Advocacy Manager just arrived back from the secretive tent immigration courts in Laredo Port.

Here are 5 major concerns we observed.

1. Advocates and attorneys are only being allowed into one hearing room.

There are multiple other courtrooms that remain closed off to the public. This violates DOJ regulations requiring immigration hearings to generally be open to the public.

2. Attorneys and others continue to be denied access to observing individual merits hearings, even where the immigrant consents to their presence.

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1 Oct 19

THREAD: Why don't undocumented immigrants just get in line? Because no “line” is available for the vast majority of them. (1/6)

Immigration to the United States on a temporary or permanent basis is generally limited to three different routes: employment, family reunification, or humanitarian protection. (2/6)

Each of these possibilities is highly regulated and subject to numerical limitations and eligibility requirements. As a result, most unauthorized immigrants do not have the necessary family or employment relationships and often cannot access humanitarian protection. (3/6)

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