Kirsten Zittlau

But it's construed to an absurd degree where even if you made a bowl of food for some Maras under duress or you made payment because your kid was about to be killed. Right. That's considered material support and you're barred from asylum. I wondered if they would do that. Yeah. So we're seeing that, too. Other than that, I mean, I have been fortunate to win asylum for folks under Trump 2.0.

But it's construed to an absurd degree where even if you made a bowl of food for some Maras under duress or you made payment because your kid was about to be killed. Right. That's considered material support and you're barred from asylum. I wondered if they would do that. Yeah. So we're seeing that, too. Other than that, I mean, I have been fortunate to win asylum for folks under Trump 2.0.

I mean, I don't know how long that'll still last, but judges are still, you know, granting cases. So I'm glad to see that. Yeah. So that's generally what it's looked like these past four months for asylees.

I mean, I don't know how long that'll still last, but judges are still, you know, granting cases. So I'm glad to see that. Yeah. So that's generally what it's looked like these past four months for asylees.

I mean, I don't know how long that'll still last, but judges are still, you know, granting cases. So I'm glad to see that. Yeah. So that's generally what it's looked like these past four months for asylees.

A hundred percent. You know, just to say, I mean, and funding somebody's legal fees. I mean, an attorney makes all the difference in navigating these types of issues that I just talked about and other issues in presenting your case. I mean, asylum cases are still incredibly difficult to win. And so representation of counsel is often key.

A hundred percent. You know, just to say, I mean, and funding somebody's legal fees. I mean, an attorney makes all the difference in navigating these types of issues that I just talked about and other issues in presenting your case. I mean, asylum cases are still incredibly difficult to win. And so representation of counsel is often key.

A hundred percent. You know, just to say, I mean, and funding somebody's legal fees. I mean, an attorney makes all the difference in navigating these types of issues that I just talked about and other issues in presenting your case. I mean, asylum cases are still incredibly difficult to win. And so representation of counsel is often key.

Absolutely. So I came into the case about, I want to say, a month or two ago. She had somebody supporting her, a friend living in Texas. And that situation, a living situation has changed, I believe, which is also not the worst thing. She will be moving with a friend to Southern California. or moving in with a friend, rather.

Absolutely. So I came into the case about, I want to say, a month or two ago. She had somebody supporting her, a friend living in Texas. And that situation, a living situation has changed, I believe, which is also not the worst thing. She will be moving with a friend to Southern California. or moving in with a friend, rather.

Absolutely. So I came into the case about, I want to say, a month or two ago. She had somebody supporting her, a friend living in Texas. And that situation, a living situation has changed, I believe, which is also not the worst thing. She will be moving with a friend to Southern California. or moving in with a friend, rather.

But just the situation is very different in Texas and Louisiana and Mississippi and those types of states, markedly so. And her case is a good example of that.

But just the situation is very different in Texas and Louisiana and Mississippi and those types of states, markedly so. And her case is a good example of that.

But just the situation is very different in Texas and Louisiana and Mississippi and those types of states, markedly so. And her case is a good example of that.

And there's a reason that people like Mahmoud Khalil and many others are sent to detention centers in that area because it's in the Fifth Circuit, first of all, which is widely renowned to be not a favorable circuit, a court of appeals to immigrants. Yeah. But more so than that, even the judges themselves are very different from what we would encounter in California, for example.

And there's a reason that people like Mahmoud Khalil and many others are sent to detention centers in that area because it's in the Fifth Circuit, first of all, which is widely renowned to be not a favorable circuit, a court of appeals to immigrants. Yeah. But more so than that, even the judges themselves are very different from what we would encounter in California, for example.

And there's a reason that people like Mahmoud Khalil and many others are sent to detention centers in that area because it's in the Fifth Circuit, first of all, which is widely renowned to be not a favorable circuit, a court of appeals to immigrants. Yeah. But more so than that, even the judges themselves are very different from what we would encounter in California, for example.

So my first encounter with the judge was, you know, and this is all virtual. I submitted a motion to appear for her. She had a master calendar hearing in June. I submitted a motion to appear for that telephonically, explaining I was representing her at low or no cost, you know, whatever funds could be raised. And could I please appear for a status? It's a status type conference. Telephonically.

So my first encounter with the judge was, you know, and this is all virtual. I submitted a motion to appear for her. She had a master calendar hearing in June. I submitted a motion to appear for that telephonically, explaining I was representing her at low or no cost, you know, whatever funds could be raised. And could I please appear for a status? It's a status type conference. Telephonically.

So my first encounter with the judge was, you know, and this is all virtual. I submitted a motion to appear for her. She had a master calendar hearing in June. I submitted a motion to appear for that telephonically, explaining I was representing her at low or no cost, you know, whatever funds could be raised. And could I please appear for a status? It's a status type conference. Telephonically.