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Immigrant justice advocate. Attorney at RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS). Mostly work with LGBTQ+ detained asylum seekers |tweets my own| (he/him)
Mar 17, 2020 11 tweets 2 min read
THREAD: It is morally indefensible that court hearings for immigration detainees are still happening. This is my experience visiting my clients early last morning at South Texas Detention Complex in TX, where new “safeguards” were in place to “protect” against #COVID19 1/11 It started w filling out a screening sheet. Families are no longer able to visit their loved ones, only attorneys. Detainees w/o lawyers often rely on family to coordinate their legal defense. Saw a man wanting to take ev to his wife’s hearing but wasn’t able to 2/11