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thecrow

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Mon Jan 30, 2017, 05:02 AM Jan 2017

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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tRump, that's how. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #1
Who enforces this when they fail to comply? Ligyron Jan 2017 #2
Federal marshals* mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #3
Who controls the US Marshalls? NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #7
Fact Sheet U.S. Marshals Service 2016 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #8
Thanks NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #12
I saw that. So, though, are the higher up members of the Judiciary. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #13
American Taliban taking us back to the Dark Ages MasonDreams Jan 2017 #4
Magna Carta? mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #14
Almost Magna Carta MasonDreams Jan 2017 #19
Change flights Alpeduez21 Jan 2017 #5
This doesn't have anything to do with the airport FBaggins Jan 2017 #6
Not to mention.... mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #9
Considering????? Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #10
I bet you they are. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #15
Things that make for great spin don't necessarily make for workable court filings FBaggins Jan 2017 #17
k and r... Stuart G Jan 2017 #11
Can u say "Coup"??? nt Cryptoad Jan 2017 #16
Yes we can. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2017 #22
Sounds like the judge needs to issue some contempt warrants. nt cstanleytech Jan 2017 #18
Get the names of all of the CBP agents and file the warrants. If they don't comply, they r arrested iluvtennis Jan 2017 #21
Treating normal people like terrorists jeanmarc Jan 2017 #20
And CHILDREN KEPT 20 hours without food? raging moderate Jan 2017 #24
Trump & Co., Thuggery as Policy Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #23
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