ICE Is Fitting Immigrant Mothers with Ankle Monitors When They Arrive in New York

[hrmjustin]

Tessa Stuart

Wednesday marked the start of the "surge docket," expedited immigration hearings for unaccompanied minors from Central America caught crossing the Southern border since October of last year. The courtroom looked a little different on Friday: instead of children who crossed the border alone, undocumented mothers accused of entering the country illegally with their children appeared before a judge at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.

One of those mothers was Dariela "Luz" Bueso, who appeared before Judge James Loprest without an attorney. Loprest directed Bueso to a four page list of pro bono lawyers, and set a hearing for mid-November so she could have a few months to find someone to help represent her. Did she have any other questions, he asked? Just one: through a court-appointed interpreter, Bueso asked the judge if she could have the uncomfortable device wrapped tightly around her ankle removed.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/08/immigrant_mothers_are_being_forced_to_wear_ankle_monitors.php

[NYC_SKP]

1. Our entire planet is broken.

Sometimes I think it's just us, or the Middle East or....

But the whole world is broken, these immigrants come from populations that were once healthy and had sustainable local economies.

And then the world broke in, banana republics established, drug based economies, or petroleum, or gold or diamond trades.

All screwed up, all of it, I don't imagine a happy direction for any of this.

Damn.