Tent Courts Aren't Tents — and Provide Due Process
Inside the Laredo MPP hearing facility, and then the view from the other side
By Andrew R. Arthur on February 4, 2020
Removal proceedings for respondents subject to MPP are conducted in prefabricated buildings with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning — not tents.
Immigration judges are ensuring that respondents under MPP receive their full constitutional rights.
The BIA just issued a decision holding that respondents subject to MPP who have received notice of their hearings, fail to appear, and are removable should be ordered removed in absentia.
It appears that many respondents subject to MPP are not appearing for court, and some are reentering illegally. EOIR should publish statistics on the number of those aliens who fail to appear.
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