Asylum seekers attend U.S. border court amid outbreak

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U.S. immigration courts sharply scaled back operations Monday but have stopped well short of a total shutdown demanded by employees, including judges and government attorneys.

Wearing face masks, about 30 asylum seekers who had been waiting in Mexico were escorted by authorities into a federal building in El Paso, Texas, some carrying children.

A lawyer who attended said the judge appeared by video conference, and few, if any migrants wore masks once the hearing began. The Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review late Sunday postponed preliminary hearings for people who aren't in custody through April 10. While significant, the order doesn't extend to courts in immigration detention centres or to the government's "Migrant Protection Protocols" policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in the U.S. It also didn't apply to final hearings which determine whether migrants are granted asylum.

"The is failing to meet its obligations to ensure a safe and healthy environment within our Immigration Courts," read a joint statement by the National Association of Immigration Judges, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Federation of Government Employees Local 511, which represents Homeland Security Department attorneys.

 

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4UWell Canada has none Trudeau open border policy even our rcmp will carry your bags

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Would have been smarter to leave them in Mexico

Borders are closed to outsiders!!!!

Jesus

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