Inside an illegal immigration 'mass trial': Leaked photo shows DOZENS of detainees

Daily Mail UK ^ | June 3, 2018 | Jessica Finn

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Inside an illegal immigration 'mass trial': Leaked photo shows DOZENS of detainees in orange jumpsuits with their hands and feet shackled awaiting their fate

Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised a 'zero tolerance' policy at the borders

A leaked photo shows dozens of immigrants and asylum seekers in a 'mass trial'

Those seeking asylum to the US are being charged with a crime before they can even seek asylum under the Trump administration's policy

The shackled immigrants typically answer the judge in unison to save time

Many of them have been separated from their children in the process

A leaked image from inside a federal court shows dozens of immigrants in orange jumpsuits with their hands and feet shackled in the process of undergoing a 'mass trial' in Texas.

Under the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration, scenes like this one in Pecos, are becoming more the norm according The Intercept's reporter Debbie Nathan.

Because cameras are typically strictly forbidden in federal court, these new mass proceedings are an unfamiliar sight to those not present inside the courtrooms.

Nathan, who has been covering border and immigration issues for three decades, tells Chron.com finds covering mass trials particularly upsetting.

[VeniVidiVici]

Gosh, I guess they should have gone to the US Embassy in their home countries first to ask for asylum.

Instead, they chose to invade our borders and break our laws and ask for forgiveness.

FOAD.

[Guardian Sebastian]

I don’t see them being whipped or mistreated. What is the beef? Orange suits? Being handcuffed? I don’t see a problem. I’m sure I wouldn’t have any different treatment if under arrest and in a courtroom. How could you control the courtroom without those conditions? Big nothing burger.

[Grampa Dave]

Best BOL of the morning!

Yes, we can!

Adios!

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