""They're counting on these people not showing up because otherwise you wouldn't have that many cases on that day," said Dana Leigh Marks, highlighting the federal government's strategy to increase deportations."
""They are compromising fairness and due process in order to have dramatic numbers of deportations," Marks stated, emphasizing the impact of mass scheduling on judicial processes."
More than 500 individuals were ordered removed in absentia at the San Francisco immigration court due to their absence from scheduled hearings. This situation jeopardizes their chances for legal status or protection in the U.S. and exposes them to arrest and deportation without future hearings. The court experienced an unusually high number of scheduled hearings, prompting concerns about fairness and due process as judges from other locations were brought in to manage the caseload.
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