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Defending Against Deportation in Contra Costa County
FromThe Bay
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21 minutes
Released:
Mar 20, 2024
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Description
Advocates and lawyers are scrambling to provide immigration legal assistance in Contra Costa County, where a new immigration court has opened to help tackle a nationwide deportation backlog and record numbers of asylum claims.
KQED’s Tyche Hendricks takes us to a high school gym in Concord where nonprofit groups helped provide free legal advice to people ahead of their court hearings.
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New Bay Area Immigration Court Opens, Aims to Tackle Deportation Backlog
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KQED’s Tyche Hendricks takes us to a high school gym in Concord where nonprofit groups helped provide free legal advice to people ahead of their court hearings.
Links:
Episode transcript
New Bay Area Immigration Court Opens, Aims to Tackle Deportation Backlog
Become a KQED member
Released:
Mar 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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