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Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

UNITED STATES, JUL 20 – Volunteers including faith leaders and retired lawyers provide practical and legal support to migrants facing expedited removal amid intensified deportation efforts nationwide.

  • Since May, a diverse group of faith leaders, college students and grandmothers has been showing up at immigration courts nationwide to escort immigrants at risk of being detained by masked ICE officials.
  • Amid fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants, legal defenders sued this week seeking class-action protections against hallway arrests.
  • After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed a Colombian man's deportation case, three volunteers sat with him in the back of the courtroom, taking his car keys for safekeeping, helping him memorize phone numbers and gathering family members' names.
  • New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested after locking arms in a failed attempt to prevent a person's detention in a court hallway.
  • The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project was inundated by community members wanting to help, so it created a volunteer training video, `Know Your Rights` sheets in several languages and a Google sheet for shift sign-ups, Stephanie Gai said.
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Volunteers in immigration courts support migrants arrested in the hallways

A diverse group, from faith leader and grandmothers to retired lawyers — has been showing up at immigration courts across the nation to escort immigrants.

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Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

A diverse group of volunteers from faith leaders to grandmothers to retired lawyers have been escorting people to immigration courts across the country.

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Großheubach, 19 July 2025. A warm invitation with great effect: Father Nelson and Father Nidhin invited all of Engelberg's volunteers to an afternoon together – around 20 committed people followed this invitation on Saturday. The meeting began with a short prayer in the monastery church, which focused on the spirit of communion and gratitude. Father Nelson welcomed the volunteers "just as people who engage - with heart, time...

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www.rtvutrecht.nl broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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