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#deportation trap

A deliberate scheme to lure individuals into situations where they can be detained and deported, such as fake check-in appointments or removal of legal pathways that force people into unlawful status.

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Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

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, in absentia orders tripling to 50,000, and 'rocket dockets' processing cases too fast for legal representation destroyed systematic access to due process.