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    Migrant children are no-shows at Dallas immigration hearings

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    Migrant children are no-shows at Dallas immigration hearings



    By DIANNE SOLÍS
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    dsolís@dallasnews.com

    Marcos and Crisly, Ana and Blanca, Fabiola and Maria Antonia.

    The youths were among 20 from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala who were set to appear in federal immigration court Tuesday for initial deportation hearings. But they weren’t there — 18 of the children whose cases were set to be heard didn’t show up Tuesday for court.

    It was an absentee rate that federal Immigration Judge Michael Baird said was “highly unusual,” so high that he reset the hearings for Aug. 11 rather than possibly issuing a deportation order.

    Baird said he was concerned that the children may not have received proper notice of the hearings from the government. Attorney Lynn Javier, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, agreed that it was “prudent” to reset the hearings.

    The children are among about 100,000 juveniles who have entered the U.S. without a parent in the last two fiscal years, according to Homeland Security. None of the children set to appear on Tuesday had an attorney, a swelling reality that inspired Dallas Catholic Bishop Kevin Farrell on Monday to appeal to attorneys to step up to provide free services.

    The judge’s decision drew praise from local immigration lawyers. Paul Zoltan, an immigration attorney in Dallas, called the decision “classy,” saying the children would have time to get attorneys and any mailing errors could be corrected.
    “It gives the kids another chance,” he said.

    In general, 46 percent of juveniles don’t show up for their immigration court hearings, according to Capitol Hill testimony recently from Juan Osuna, who directs the Justice Department’s immigration courts. The Executive Office of Immigration Review faces a backlog of 375,000 cases and was ordered a few weeks ago to make unaccompanied juveniles the top priority.


    The high number of no-shows Tuesday raised questions about whether the children had enough time to prepare for the hearings or whether they and their families made calculated risks not to appear in court.

    Nine out of 10 unaccompanied juveniles who do not have attorneys will be deported, according to a new study by the Syracuse, N.Y.-based research center Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.

    Many interviewed have said they faced gang recruitment and gang violence in their home countries. But under the U.S. laws for granting asylum and restrictive definitions of persecution, those cases are difficult to win.

    “I would imagine things are moving too quickly,” said Renato de los Santos, who has a long history of working with youth programs in the League of United Latin American Citizens. “I wouldn’t be prepared in just few weeks, let alone a few days.”

    The Dallas Hispanic Bar Association has recently signed up 160 attorneys to represent the children and has begun training sessions for them.

    Monica Lira Bravo, an immigration attorney and co-organizer of the pro bono effort, said so many unrepresented minors underscores the need for lawyers. Once a juvenile is represented, the attorney will receive notices of court hearings, she said.
    “This shows why it’s important for the children to be represented, to have counsel in proceedings,” Lira Bravo said.

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    They are NEVER going to show up! When they fail to show it should be, by ;law and automatic deportation order.

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    No surprise to anyone. Hardly anyone respects our immigration laws, esp when our federal government doesn't either.
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    Illegal Immigrant Children Fail to Appear in Court

    Illegal Immigrant Children Fail to Appear in Court

    Unaccompanied alien children at a holding center in Arizona / AP




    BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
    July 24, 2014 12:25 pm
    Eighteen out of 20 illegal immigrant children failed to appear in court for their immigration hearings in Texas on Tuesday, Dallas News reported.
    On average, 46 percent of minors fail to appear to their immigration trails.
    The absentee rate was so high that federal Immigration Judge Michael Baird rescheduled the court date to Aug. 11, in case the children were not properly notified of the hearing.
    These children are a small part of the 100,000 unaccompanied minors from Latin America who have illegally entered the United States in the last two fiscal years.
    President Obama has called the immigration surge of unaccompanied minors a “humanitarian crisis.” However, he has yet to visit the U.S.–Mexico border during his fundraising trips to Texas and California.

    http://freebeacon.com/issues/illegal...pear-in-court/

    Surprise Surprise!!!

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    No kidding? I was so SURE they would ALL show up.

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    First article added to Homepage with amended title-

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