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Showing Original Post only (View all)Despite court order, Lawyers not allowed to see detainees at DULLES AIRPORT [View all]
https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/01/29/customs-and-border-protection-still-not-allowing-lawyers-to-see-detainees/The US Customs and Border Protection Agency at Dulles International Airport has refused to grant attorneys access to any detainees it may be holding, according to Sharifa Abbasi, who is coordinating the volunteer lawyer efforts underway there. Yesterday, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Virginia ordered respondents, who include CBP, President Trump, and the CBP Port Director for Dulles Wayne Biondi, to permit lawyers access to all legal permanent residents being detained at Dulles International Airport.
Abbasi says late Sunday morning a border agent told lawyers that agents have been instructed not to speak with them. About 15 lawyers have been directed to call Steve Sapp, an official with the CBP Office of Public Affairs, but have so far have not had their calls answered or returned. Washingtonian called the number, which directed reporters to a cellphone number whose voicemail was full.
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This is accompanied by a photo of two officers with guns drawn standing in between two separated rows of protestors.
How the f has our country come to this in one week???
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Despite court order, Lawyers not allowed to see detainees at DULLES AIRPORT [View all]
thecrow
Jan 2017
OP
Things that make for great spin don't necessarily make for workable court filings
FBaggins
Jan 2017
#17