It was an absentee rate that federal Immigration Judge Michael Baird said was “highly unusual,” so high that he reset the hearings for Aug. 11 rather than possibly issuing a deportation order.
Baird said he was concerned that the children may not have received proper notice of the hearings from the government. Attorney Lynn Javier, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, agreed that it was “prudent” to reset the hearings.
rather than possibly issuing a deportation order.”
These people are long gone and certainly not back to their home country. Once they are released you’ll never see or hear from them again until they apply for welfare benefits or kill a U.S. citizen and end up in jail. Doubt if most of them even use their real name.
http://deportlaw.blogspot.com/2009/07/dallas-immigration-court-has-new.html
A little more background...
Looking for some more stuff in the meantime...
Thank you.