100+ immigrants waited in line in 10 cities for court dates that didn't exist

[spanone]

(CNN)Lines snaked around the block outside immigration courts across the United States on Wednesday. But many people standing in them later learned they had no reason to be there.

More than 100 immigrants showed up to court carrying paperwork ordering them to appear before a judge, only to find out that their court dates hadn't actually been scheduled, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). And as a result, uncharacteristically long lines were reported outside at least 10 immigration courts, the association said.

Lawyers told CNN it's part of a troubling trend that shows how dysfunctional the system has become and how chaotic the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement can be.

"From a humanitarian point of view, it's sickening what you're seeing happening here, because they're toying with these individuals' lives in many cases. ... This is widespread, it's national and it's outrageous," said Jeremy McKinney, AILA's treasurer and an immigration attorney in North Carolina.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/us/immigration-court-fake-dates/index.html

[Docreed2003]

1. Sickening...K&R for exposure

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

Sick.

[spanone]

4. It never ends...hopefully next tuesday...

[Solly Mack]

5. I hope so.

It's going to get worse if he isn't stopped and it's already really bad now.

[KT2000]

3. they are sadists

they really are

[orleans]

6. my initial reaction to this story:

we suck

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. is there a court that will stop this?