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Release those requesting asylum and find ways to fund

some sort of "advocate" (legal representation or caseworkers) for them.

From the link below:

"The latest case-by-case records from the Immigration Courts indicate that as of the end of May 2019 one or more removal hearings had already been held for nearly 47,000 newly arriving families seeking refuge in this country. Of these, almost six out of every seven families released from custody had shown up for their initial court hearing. Usually multiple hearings are required before a case is decided. For those who are represented, more than 99 percent had appeared at every hearing held."

This is similar to an Obama-era pilot program (cancelled by Trump) that assigned caseworkers to ~1,000 families and had a 100% court appearance rate (https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/obama-era-pilot-program-kept-asylum-seeking-migrant-families-together-n885896).

Legal representation or a caseworker helps address issues like the asylum seekers not receiving their court appearance notices, misunderstanding the confusing process, etc.

Note that they also first have to at least pass the "credible fear" test, so this wouldn't mean releasing *everyone* who shows up at the border seeking asylum.

Additionally, in my mind one of the biggest needs is to find ways to fund increased capacity in immigration courts. The immigration court backlog is over 2 years long - that seems like quite a huge bottleneck to make the situation a lot worse than it needs to be. It's not as big of a deal to release asylum seekers if they are not "out" for 2 years waiting for their court date.

[Post edited by 00 Hoo at 07/04/2019 1:30PM]

(In response to this post by Sabremetrician)

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