⚖️CHRISTIE THOMPSON @ THE MARSHALL PROJECT ON TRUMP’S CUT-OFF OF FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM ALLOWING VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE DUE PROCESS IN IMMIGRATION COURT — Quoting Round Table’s Judge (Ret.) Sarah Burr, Among Other Experts!

“These all have the same objective, which is to strip immigrants of their rights in court,” said former immigration judge Sarah Burr. “The idea that this would somehow speed up the process is ridiculous. It’s only going to slow it down.”

Burr said that forcing someone to appear in court without an attorney makes it a judge’s responsibility to ensure someone understands what is happening and can make decisions in their case. “That takes a long time,” she said. “You’re being put in an awkward position. You almost become a party instead of the judge.”

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/19/lawyers-immigrants-mental-health-detention

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Another reprehensible elimination of working, cost-effective programs that are essential to providing due process to America’s most vulnerable.

Due Process Forever!⚖️

PWS

05-20-25