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California
fromKqed
15 hours ago

California Chief Justice Steps Up Monitoring of Immigration Arrests at Courthouses | KQED

State courts seek coordinated data collection, remote hearings, legal authority education, and legislative protections to safeguard courthouse access and limit federal immigration arrests.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
4 months ago

The New Court Tactic Helping ICE Deport Immigrants

New York immigration courts increasingly enforce in-person hearings, exposing immigrants to ICE courthouse arrests despite available remote hearing capabilities.
fromMission Local
5 months ago

S.F. immigration judge ordered a woman into court. Then ICE took her.

"Good morning, ma'am," he said. "You're supposed to be sitting in a courtroom right now." "Good morning, your honor," the woman replied, in Spanish through a court interpreter. "Yes, your honor, that's right." "I know that's right," O'Brien said. "I'm going to reschedule your hearing for later this morning. I'm going to give you a chance to show up." To avoid arrest, some asylum seekers are submitting written requests to the court to appear remotely.
San Francisco
SF parents
fromMission Local
7 months ago

Afraid of arrest, S.F. asylum seekers turn to video court hearings

La Raza Centro Legal assisted asylum-seekers in shifting to online hearings due to fears from recent court arrests.
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