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'Vile': Biden DHS to Turn Away Migrant Families Under 'Expedited Removal' Policy
"This administration continues to seek efficiency over safety and due process for migrant families."
"The expedited removal 'procedure' involves sitting across a desk from a government agent signing a deportation order. There is no ability to see a judge... or otherwise understand the process. This is not due process."
--Camille Mackler, Immigrant ARC
\u201cThe expedited removal \u201cprocedure\u201d involves sitting across a desk from a government agent signing a deportation order. There is no ability to see a judge, consult with a legal advocate (much less an attorney), or otherwise understand the process. This is not due process.\u201d— Camille J. Mackler (@Camille J. Mackler) 1627351604
\u201cThe whole point of expedited removal is to summarily deport ppl w/out seeing a judge to make their claim for asylum. DHS locks them up in prisons while they effect these summary deportations & it all happens in quick succession to make it cheaper for govt\u201d— Robyn Barnard (@Robyn Barnard) 1627346736
\u201cThis statement is vile: vaguely threatening to punish families for how they flee, using sterile terms like "family units" and "accelerated procedure" to talk about deporting parents and children to harm. @DHSgov: Expedited removal sends asylum seekers back to harm. End it.\u201d— Heidi Altman (@Heidi Altman) 1627349213
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"The expedited removal 'procedure' involves sitting across a desk from a government agent signing a deportation order. There is no ability to see a judge... or otherwise understand the process. This is not due process."
--Camille Mackler, Immigrant ARC
\u201cThe expedited removal \u201cprocedure\u201d involves sitting across a desk from a government agent signing a deportation order. There is no ability to see a judge, consult with a legal advocate (much less an attorney), or otherwise understand the process. This is not due process.\u201d— Camille J. Mackler (@Camille J. Mackler) 1627351604
\u201cThe whole point of expedited removal is to summarily deport ppl w/out seeing a judge to make their claim for asylum. DHS locks them up in prisons while they effect these summary deportations & it all happens in quick succession to make it cheaper for govt\u201d— Robyn Barnard (@Robyn Barnard) 1627346736
\u201cThis statement is vile: vaguely threatening to punish families for how they flee, using sterile terms like "family units" and "accelerated procedure" to talk about deporting parents and children to harm. @DHSgov: Expedited removal sends asylum seekers back to harm. End it.\u201d— Heidi Altman (@Heidi Altman) 1627349213
"The expedited removal 'procedure' involves sitting across a desk from a government agent signing a deportation order. There is no ability to see a judge... or otherwise understand the process. This is not due process."
--Camille Mackler, Immigrant ARC
\u201cThe expedited removal \u201cprocedure\u201d involves sitting across a desk from a government agent signing a deportation order. There is no ability to see a judge, consult with a legal advocate (much less an attorney), or otherwise understand the process. This is not due process.\u201d— Camille J. Mackler (@Camille J. Mackler) 1627351604
\u201cThe whole point of expedited removal is to summarily deport ppl w/out seeing a judge to make their claim for asylum. DHS locks them up in prisons while they effect these summary deportations & it all happens in quick succession to make it cheaper for govt\u201d— Robyn Barnard (@Robyn Barnard) 1627346736
\u201cThis statement is vile: vaguely threatening to punish families for how they flee, using sterile terms like "family units" and "accelerated procedure" to talk about deporting parents and children to harm. @DHSgov: Expedited removal sends asylum seekers back to harm. End it.\u201d— Heidi Altman (@Heidi Altman) 1627349213