The Trump administration will halt a program designed to help detained immigrants navigate the United States' complex immigration court system, a move some analysts warn flies in the face of the administration's promises to slash the massive immigration court backlog.
On April 30th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) will halt the Legal Orientation Program, which offers guidance through the Vera Institute of Justice, a legal aid group, to detained immigrants, helping them determine whether and how to try to remain in the U.S. The LOP operates at 38 detention facilities across the country. Without LOP guidance, the entire onus of explaining legal processes and options to detainees falls squarely on the judges, significantly dragging out proceedings at a time when the courts are already overburdened, analysts say.
[For more of this story, written by Massoud Hayoun, go to https://psmag.com/social-justi...idance-for-detainees]
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