Love it when libs lecture us on human rights abuses in China or elsewhere, meanwhile…
"In shelters across New York, migrant children sit in front of computer and TV screens, appearing virtually in real court proceedings. They swivel in chairs, walk in circles and play with their hair — while immigration judges address them on the screens in front of them.
“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex.
“It’s my job to figure out if you have to leave,” ul-Haq continued. “It’s also my job to figure out if you should stay.”"
Why even go through the motions of a trial? Reminds me of the “Israeli” military courts that bother having a “trial” for Palestinians that are convicted 100% of the time and if the IOF soldiers did something especially egregious, they block the Palestinian defense from even attempting to defend the detainee to avoid them “using the stand as a political soapbox”.