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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: corbe on April 01, 2019, 10:45:49 am
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Immigration lawyers struggle to navigate "Remain in Mexico" policy
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
8 hrs ago
The Trump administration's policy of requiring some asylum seekers to stay in Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearing is spurring confusion among migrants and immigration lawyers who are trying to represent them.
Immigration lawyers have been scrambling to get answers to questions about the Migrant Protection Protocols program, informally known as "Remain in Mexico," and in the process, confronting a host of logistical challenges, given that would-be clients are expected to stay outside the United States.
The concerns shared by immigration lawyers span the gamut from how to communicate with asylum seekers, many of whom are staying in shelters in Tijuana, Mexico, to whether attorneys can practice law in another country for profit to how, generally, these cases might differ from other asylum-seeker cases. In some scenarios, the uncertainty behind the program has led to lawyers turning down cases.
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigration-lawyers-struggle-to-navigate-remain-in-mexico-policy/ar-BBVqtuv?ocid=ientp (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigration-lawyers-struggle-to-navigate-remain-in-mexico-policy/ar-BBVqtuv?ocid=ientp)