Cool: NYC Immigration Courts Using Mass Hearings, Deportations For Missing

Wouldn’t it just be easier to self deport, illegals?

NYC immigration courts are ground-zero for a new deportation tool: Mass hearings

Deportation orders to immigration court no-shows are spiking in New York City and nationwide, fueled by mass immigration court hearings that are frequently held with little notice and scheduled for 100 or more participants at a time, according to a new report by bklg.org, an organization analyzing immigration court data.

Immigration judges in New York City issued nearly 4,500 removal orders in June to people who didn’t show up to immigration hearings, up from the 2,000 to 3,000 such orders issued from January through May, according to the data. The June total was the third-highest in the country, behind immigration courts in Dallas and Chicago.

Trump administration officials did not respond to requests for comment on the spike in deportation orders linked to the hearings — colloquially called “mega master hearings” — but federal officials have defended the mass hearings as necessary to clear a yearslong backlog in immigration cases.

The rise in such proceedings comes as the Supreme Court declined to review a lower court’s ruling requiring the federal government to take additional steps to notify immigrants of their hearing when notices are returned in the mail. Immigration attorneys and advocates say the hearings shortchange immigrants who too often fail to receive notice that they have been summoned to court.

Hey, you know what happens to YOU as an American citizen if you miss the mail and fail to show for criminal court a judge can issue a “Failure to Appear” (FTA) and an order for your arrest immediately. Your license can, and probably will, be suspended if you miss traffic court. If you miss a civil court you can lose a suit under default judgement, or have wages garnished or frozen bank account. Miss jury duty and you can be fined or worse. Of course, you are an American citizen, and the Dems are more concerned with illegal aliens.

What concerns are immigration lawyers and advocates raising about the hearings?
Many are sounding the alarm over what they say is an erosion of due process rights for immigrants in the name of increased efficiency.

They say many immigrants receive little to no notice of their hearings. When people don’t appear, judges may order their removal from the country.

Are they in the U.S. illegally? That’s it. Nothing else is needed. Get out.