A dozen immigrants are suing the Trump administration for arresting asylum seekers during their court hearings. Twelve asylum seekers, detained in courthouses, claim that they have been taken away from their families and lives while trying to proceed with applications for legal residency. Lead attorney Keren Zwick argues this practice violates the Immigration and Nationality Act, which outlines proper procedures. Meanwhile, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson defends the arrests as common sense and resource-efficient. Personal accounts reveal the distress families face due to these arrests.
The lawsuit claims plaintiffs have been abruptly ripped from their families, lives, homes, and jobs for appearing in immigration court, a step required to enable them to proceed with their applications for permission to remain in this country.
So many things are illegal about this process, said lead attorney Keren Zwick, with the National Immigrant Justice Center. The Immigration and Nationality Act that Congress passed creates a process that says this is how the procedures should go...and the government is just sort of pulling that entire rug out from under folks who are here to seek protection.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called arresting immigrants in courthouses common sense, stating that nothing in the Constitution prohibits arresting a lawbreaker where you find them.
A woman named Trini told CBS News New York her adult son was taken into custody at a court hearing for his asylum case and deported to Honduras in June. She said, 'He is all I have...Now I am alone.'
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