Inside detention center courts, detained immigrants, lawyers race against the clock to stay in U.S.

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Inside detention center courts, detained immigrants, lawyers race against the clock to stay in U.S.

Lea esta historia en español. A man in his 30s wearing a navy blue jumpsuit faced the judge who could determine whether he can stay in the U.S. or return to his home country where he fears for his life.“You were placed in withholding proceedings after the government determined you have credible fear,” Judge Billy Sapp said Wednesday at his courtroom at Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, the largest detention center in the Houston area. The …