And people who ARE doing it the right way are being detained when they show up for immigration hearings at courthouses. They are legally waiting for their green cards or asylum requests to go through the system, and are
legally allowed to wait IN COUNTRY while this process occurs, as long as they show up to their hearings. But they are being detained and deported when they show up to their meetings. If they DON'T show up to their meetings, they are deportable, and somehow in this twisted world, they are deportable when they DO show up for their meetings. So saying they need to do it "the right way" and ending the conversation does not do justice to the reality of this year.
Sources:
Washington, D.C. — Immigrants and their legal advocates are suing to stop unlawful Trump administration policies that have resulted in the arrest,
immigrantjustice.org
A sweeping new investigation by the Associated Press is raising serious questions about what’s happening inside America’s immigration courts. White House Correspondent Liz Landers reports on how the administration has short-circuited the asylum process.
www.pbs.org
Some immigration courts are resisting putting people into expedited removal, while others are rubber-stamping the new deportation tactic.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org