Legal Framework

1951 Refugee Convention — Article 32

Limits the grounds on which a recognized refugee may be expelled to national security and public order, and requires that any expulsion follow due process of law, including the right to present evidence and appeal.

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Deportation Traps at Immigration Court Hearings and Systematic Denial of Due Process

ICE turned mandatory immigration court hearings into arrest traps, coordinating in real time with government attorneys to arrest immigrants whose cases were dismissed. Record-setting asylum denials, …

  • ICE agents arrested immigrants at mandatory immigration court hearings, using case dismissals as triggers for arrest in a coordinated …
  • Government attorneys and ICE officers coordinated in real time, with agents in hallways waiting to identify and arrest individuals whose …