As state and federal courts around the country scale back sharply due to the pandemic, most immigration courts have pressed on with only minor adjustments, prompting growing outrage from immigration judges, lawyers for immigrants facing deportation and even the attorneys who serve as prosecutors.

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Court observers said proceedings continued Tuesday with vulnerable immigrants being called in for hearings and some being funneled into crowded holding rooms. And even as places like California moved to a near-lockdown status, the immigration courts pressed on largely as usual, triggering bitter complaints and dire warnings.

Some of the most pointed complaints came from lawyers involved in hearings stemming from President Donald Trump’s remain-in-Mexico policy instituted last year, which requires most asylum seekers who enter from Mexico to return to that country to await a chance to appear before a U.S. immigration judge.

“Update from SD #MPP court: we are the only attys here so far w 50 asylum seekers filing in to the small waiting room,” Human Rights First lawyer Robyn Barnard wrote on Twitter. “No hand sanitizer. One paper sign telling ppl to wash hands. So many little babies here today. #COVID19 #shutitdown #parolethemin”

Source: Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts