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US courts now a high-risk venue for immigrants
- A transgender woman, O-J-M, expressed her desire for her asylum case to continue after being arrested outside an immigration court in Oregon, following a judge's decision to dismiss her case.
- Many asylum-seekers now face a dilemma between attending hearings and the risk of detention and deportation, following recent large-scale arrests that the White House supports for mass deportations.
- Judges dismiss cases despite claims of death threats from individuals, such as a Venezuelan man, who stated, 'They will kill me if I go back to my country.'
- Lawyers claim the arrests serve as a scare tactic, leading others to avoid applying for asylum or attending court.
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Winston-Salem JournalImmigration officers intensify arrests in courthouse hallways
SEATTLE — A transgender woman who says she was raped by Mexican cartel members told an immigration judge in Oregon that she wanted her asylum case to continue. A Venezuelan man bluntly told a judge in Seattle, "They will kill…
For a few weeks now, immigration courts in New York City have drawn attention after becoming scenarios of growing tension, due to the implementation of surprise arrests by undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Their drastic strategy has raised questions and raised alarms among immigrants attending routine hearings, and those who now face the fear of being detained in an environment that should be safe for them. The situati…
The fate of Oscar Gato Sanchez, a 25-year-old Cuban, illustrates the way in which the federal immigration police arrest asylum seekers in the courts where they came to file their application "I am a Cuban citizen unjustly arrested!", exclaims Oscar Gato Sanchez, 25, arrested by leaving a federal court in Houston under the eyes of a journalist of the AFP (Agence France Presse). A few minutes earlier, an immigration judge rejected his application …
"I am a Cuban citizen unjustly arrested!" said 25-year-old Oscar Gato Sanchez, who was arrested from a federal court in Houston in front of an AFP journalist. A few minutes earlier, an immigration judge rejected his asylum application in the United States.More...
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