~New “deportation judges” (military lawyers + ex-ICE) are ordering removals in 77% of cases in L.A. — asylum grant rate collapsed to 2.7%.
~Due process is officially gone: rushed hearings, no interpreters, skipped rights, decisions made before court even starts.
~Mass judge firings, courthouse arrests, and fear tactics mean 57% of people in L.A. now miss their hearings and get deported without ever stepping into court (up from 14% last year).
In a Southern California detention facility, a man sits alone in a padded cell facing a Webex camera. He has been locked up for nearly a year waiting for this hearing.