US judge orders quicker bond hearings for asylum seekers

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to give quicker bond hearings to immigrants caught on the border who pass initial asylum screenings.

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle granted a preliminary injunction and found the immigration courts should conduct the bond hearings within seven days if immigrants request one.

She also said it’s up to the U.S. government to prove why the immigrants shouldn’t be released.

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project challenging delays in bond hearings for detained asylum seekers.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/e97c62318dc0423aab05eb5a0a6fe21b

[elleng]

1. Good.

Think the government will tell the courts 'Sorry, we're full?'

[barbtries]

3. pretty much.

don't you? we're so far down the rabbit hole.

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R

[onetexan]

4. K&R

[Arazi]

5. Trump has purposefully understaffed the immigration courts so they are deliberately bogged down

[riversedge]

6. Trump sabotages anything he does not like (like the ACA as another example)