Mass hearings are the latest tactic setting immigrants up to fail.
Last Friday, 50 people were ordered removed after missing a mass immigration court hearing in San Diego, where more than 80 cases were scheduled before one judge in a single morning.
This is not efficiency. It is another attempt to fast-track deportations by creating confusion, moving court dates up with little notice, and relying on an error-ridden system that too often fails to properly notify people and then ordering them removed when they do not appear.
As ImmDef directing attorney Paulina Reyes told @KPBS, "We believe ... this is the Trump administration's latest plan to move forward with mass deportations without due process."
🚨 What people should know: If you have a pending immigration court case, check the EOIR online system regularly. If your hearing is moved and you do not show up, you could face deportation.
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