"These motions to dismiss, if granted, nullify the protections from deportation enjoyed by a person with an active asylum case. This is a tactic that the Trump administration has been using to boost Immigration and Custom Enforcement arrests and, lawyers believe, fast-track immigrants out of the country through a process called expedited removal. Judges in San Francisco rarely grant these motions day-of, but ICE officers almost always arrest asylum-seekers anyway once they step outside of the courtroom into the hallway."
"When an attorney representing the Department of Homeland Security moved to dismiss the asylum case of a Guatemalan woman this morning, her husband and eight-month-old daughter were outside the courtroom doors. The baby had been fussing too much in the courtroom. The judge on Thursday, Joseph Park, who appeared by video in the courtroom at 630 Sansome St., gave the woman 10 days to respond to the motion in writing."
An attorney for the Department of Homeland Security moved to dismiss a Guatemalan woman's asylum case while her husband and eight-month-old daughter waited outside. Motions to dismiss, if granted, nullify deportation protections for people with active asylum cases. The Trump administration has used such motions to increase ICE arrests and attempt to fast-track immigrants through expedited removal. Judges in San Francisco rarely grant day-of dismissals, but ICE officers commonly arrest asylum-seekers once they leave the courtroom. The judge gave the woman ten days to respond to the motion and set a new hearing date. Volunteer attorneys warned the woman that ICE would likely arrest her in the hallway.
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