"It's a challenging position that people are in now, especially those who have a really strong asylum claim and just didn't understand what time their hearing was or where their hearing was and missed it."
"From what we saw last week is that the court was intentionally scheduling hearings where they believed that people would not show up."
"It looks like they're just trying to deny people the right to apply for asylum by finding out procedural ways to get their cases dismissed or thrown out."
San Francisco immigration judges ordered more than 800 individuals to be removed in absentia due to missed hearings. Advocates noted that many had strong asylum claims but were unaware of their hearing times or locations. The court's scheduling practices appeared to target individuals likely to miss their appointments. The number of removals is significantly higher than usual, raising concerns about procedural fairness and access to asylum. The U.S. Department of Justice did not provide comments regarding these developments.
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