https://freerepublic.com/tag/creepylawyers/ en-us Thu, 1 Nov 2018 04:22:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701793/posts [Creepy Immigration Lawyer Alert] EL PASO, Texas - Migrants arriving at the U.S. border to seek asylum are routinely subjected to tactics that immigration rights advocates say are designed to drive them away in violation of their rights under federal law. The tactics include forcing them to wait at the border indefinitely or sending them back into Mexico to join a backlogged list maintained by Mexican immigration officials. The Trump administration says such measures are necessary because it is not equipped to deal with a large increase in the number of asylum seekers, many of them from Central America. Last... LA Times via msn https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701793/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2018 04:22:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701792/posts Lines snaked around the block outside immigration courts across the United States on Wednesday. But many people standing in them later learned they had no reason to be there. More than 100 immigrants showed up to court carrying paperwork ordering them to appear before a judge, only to find out that their court dates hadn't actually been scheduled, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).... ...Attorneys say the practice began after the US Supreme Court ruled in June that notices to appear -- the charging documents that immigration authorities issue to send someone to immigration court who's accused of... CNN via msn https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701792/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2018 04:05:00 GMT