Posted on 10/20/2014 4:01:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Seated at the defense table in U.S. Immigration Court in Philadelphia, the 10-year-old looked down at his feet, which barely reached the floor. Coal-eyed, he resembled a Latino Dennis the Menace, with a "fauxhawk" instead of a cowlick and clad in a shirt that read:
Last name: Maker.
First name: Trouble.
Having entered the U.S. illegally eight months ago, the boy, Carlos, was arrested on the Texas border, given a notice to appear in court to face deportation.
In a daylong court session this month, Judge Steven Morley, presiding at the federal building at Ninth and Market Streets, heard Carlos' case and 90 similar ones.
"I like your shirt," the smiling judge told Carlos. Court interpreter Oscar Zambrano repeated the words in Spanish. A beat later, after Carlos absorbed the translation, he smiled too, as did the family friend, a woman, who sat beside him.
With no objection from Department of Homeland Security assistant prosecutor Joseph Scott, Morley continued Carlos' case for five months so it can be prepared for trial. He is represented by Elizabeth Yaeger of HIAS Pennsylvania, which provides legal services and other support for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
When will somebody sit down and figure what all this HorseSh*T is costing us?Why not”CLOSE”The Border??Also,what is Obongo’s Illegal Importation of”EBOLY”(Obongo’s term)costing us??I’m certain that this runs into HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of TaxPayer DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, why in the hell are they even going through the charade of court appearances? The fix is in.. they’ll be given amnesty, a whole juicy package of government freebies, and will be voting in a few years. End the kabuki dance of “immigration court” and at least save the taxpayers a few dollars.
You could have left off the word "appearances." Our courts are now a charade, as the gay-marriage cases illustrate. Each relevant state law is trotted out and summarily beheaded, and the leftist judges chastise voters for having passed them at all. The fix is in? Where our courts are concerned, truer words were never spoken.
Seriously, why in the hell are they even going through the charade of court appearances?
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Well, there are people such as lawyers and social workers who are there to “help”, and they need to pretend that they are actually earning their ridiculous salaries.
I wonder how this ties in with the Benghazi hearings? Or maybe it’s the IRS or VA scandals it has something to do with.
They are NOT "undocumented minors", they are ILLEGAL ALIENS. Calling them undocumented minors is like calling shoplifting an "undocumented purchase."
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