In October 2024, Immigration Judge Ana Partida faced disruptions in her San Diego courtroom due to a large transfer of detainees by ICE, who moved individuals away from their attorneys. This shift has caused complications in ongoing cases, as detainees were not present for hearings, leading to decisions to move their cases to nearer courts. Partida cited technology issues and lack of cooperation from other detention centers as contributing factors to her inability to maintain her docket effectively, raising concerns about the impact on legal representation and due process rights for detainees.
"This has become a very big problem," she told one attorney as she ordered the case moved.
Moving their cases would mean, at least for those with county attorneys, that their lawyers would no longer be able to represent them.
Partida said that she felt she had no choice but to move many of the cases because she had been experiencing technology issues and a lack of cooperation from the other detention centers.
ICE started transferring an unusually high number of detainees who already had attorneys out of the facility back in the spring of 2024.
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