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15 Mar, 3 tweets, 2 min read
For over 2 years, people were forced to wait in Mexico for court hearings as part of the Migrant Protection Protocols. The result has been catastrophic. As MPP winds down, we need a full account of the program.
We pursued multiple Freedom of Information Act requests with partners @AILANational and @hrw and obtained over 1,000 pages of government records. #SunshineWeek bit.ly/3eFDUAX
The records we obtained through FOIA revealed details on Electronic Nationality Verification, a little-known program DHS uses to speed up some deportations. These kind of fast-track procedures raise many concerns. #SunshineWeek bit.ly/3vslklL

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

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