And I'm going to start by telling you the story of Abu Bakr, an asylum seeker from Algeria, who I just walked out, out of the court. And first, I'll just say the immigration courts are very chaotic right now. There are masked FBI and ICE agents in the elevator banks waiting for people. Thankfully, in the cases I saw before Abu Bakr, the judges granted people hearings. In one case, the judge asked if a person had a lawyer, and they said they did not have a lawyer. (00:32–00:38)
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