His clients were so desperate to reunite with their children that they were willing to plead guilty to anything. “Instead of giving them due process rights to a hearing on asylum, or refugee status,” he told Torres, “the government is just kidnapping their children.” For weeks, Torres had been seeking an explanation for why so many parents seemed to be getting separated from their children and then kept in the dark on their whereabouts. The government prosecutors insisted that nothing was out of the ordinary. From the bench, Torres disagreed, saying, in reference to the parents, “I would be
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