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100+ immigrants waited in line for 'fake dates' in court
CNN via msn ^ | 31 Oct 2018 | Catherine E. Shoichet

Posted on 10/31/2018 9:05:00 PM PDT by blueplum

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 being in the United States illegally -- must specify the time and place of proceedings in order to be valid.

Since then, immigration lawyers across the country have reported that officials are increasingly issuing such notices with so-called "fake dates," ordering immigrants to appear at hearings that, it later turns out, were never scheduled in immigration courts.

In recent months, lawyers have reported examples of notices issued for nonexistent dates, such as September 31st, and for times of day when courts aren't open, such as midnight.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aclu; aila; asylumseekers; courts; creepylawyers; deepstate; illegals; pearlclutchers
likely low-level employees who are plugging dates into forms, production typists? Deliberate or just careless?
1 posted on 10/31/2018 9:05:00 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum
according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)....

Uh huh.

2 posted on 10/31/2018 9:10:29 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: blueplum

It seems to be more than just one ooops. Like a series. Hmmm Intentional???? Wouldn’t that be a hoot! hahaha


3 posted on 10/31/2018 9:10:49 PM PDT by PraiseTheLord ( .Q.)
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To: blueplum
I don't think there's any deliberation when it comes to the immigration bureaucracy.

Honestly, I think this is another great argument for an immigration moratorium.

4 posted on 10/31/2018 9:11:33 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: blueplum
Lines snaked around the block outside immigration courts across the United States

More than 100 immigrants

Really? ALL OVER the country lines snaked, yet a little more than 100 immigrants showed up? Seems a little incongruent.

On the other hand Trump had at least a mile long line waiting all day to get into his rally tonight.

5 posted on 10/31/2018 9:11:49 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: blueplum

what a cartel wants, what a cartel needs...


6 posted on 10/31/2018 9:14:32 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: blueplum

CNN story — I don’t believe a word or it.


7 posted on 10/31/2018 9:14:42 PM PDT by falcon99
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To: gubamyster

And 50 of those in the 100-person “line” were media dupes reporting on how incredibly big it was.


8 posted on 10/31/2018 9:20:12 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: blueplum

“Deliberate or just careless? “

Resistance movement.


9 posted on 10/31/2018 9:21:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: gubamyster

you caught that too? 100 people, over 10 courts, but lines everywhere by golly!


10 posted on 10/31/2018 9:23:45 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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“People were obviously fearful that if they miss their hearing, they were going to get deported in their absence, and they didn't want to take that chance,” he said. “They'd rather show up at the court and have them tell them go home instead of not showing up and worry(ing) about it.”

Makes no difference if it's midnight at the nudie bar, the rule is SHOW UP. So you have to re-schedule from there, get a bit inconvenienced?

Welcome to my world...interloper.

11 posted on 10/31/2018 9:24:19 PM PDT by KittenClaws ("They've got Daryl's Dad's car! .....Red Dawn)
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To: Rebelbase

Remember: Don’t forget to vote next Tuesday. Democrats vote on Wednesday.


12 posted on 10/31/2018 9:24:33 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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ICE should be hanging out around these buildings


13 posted on 10/31/2018 9:31:22 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: JennysCool

I can believe the claim. They deliberately messed up every other aspect of the system, why not this one also?


14 posted on 10/31/2018 9:45:29 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: falcon99

that’s not the point - truth or not, they will be trying to use this as a talking point come tomorrow morning. We need to pivot this overnight so that CNN doesn’t control the narrative, we do. Such as, out of a backlog of over 1/2 million cases, we have 100 errors? Or, each form should have an identifier of the typist whose work will be reviewed upon submission of evidence, blah blah.


15 posted on 10/31/2018 9:53:22 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: blueplum

The court officials are corrupt and complicit in NOT scheduling the hearings so that more people disappear into the U.S. Yet another good reason to not allow more immigrants in so that they can disappear with no contact information.


16 posted on 10/31/2018 10:33:33 PM PDT by jyo19
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To: jyo19

Deep State?


17 posted on 11/01/2018 3:08:13 AM PDT by Does so (If Trump Colluded with Russians, Why Did Hillary Win The Popular Vote?)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

What would be funny is if illegals all had court all day next Tues. Dawn til 9:00pm


18 posted on 11/01/2018 6:03:56 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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