SAN DIEGO (AP) - Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to meet with clients in detention centers.
Masked judges are stocking their cramped courtrooms with hand sanitizer for hearings they want to do by phone. While much of daily life has ground to a halt to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the Trump administration is resisting calls from immigration judges and attorneys to stop in-person hearings and shutter all immigration courts.
They say the most pressing hearings can be done by phone so immigrants aren't stuck in detention indefinitely. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Rules change daily as the virus spreads and federal officials struggle