Immigration

NPR -  If someone who is in the country illegally misses an order to appear in immigration court, the government can issue in "in absentia" removal order to deport them, according to NPR’s Ximena Bustillo. Based on early analysis from January through November, NPR discovered that nearly every U.S. immigration court has issued more of these orders for failure to appear, Bustillo says. Orders spiked around June, coinciding with the time when ICE officers began making arrests inside the courthouses. Immigrants were hesitant to go to court after learning about these arrests, says Ruby Powers, an immigration attorney in Texas.