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And i want to thank everyone for coming today. My name is jamie horwitz, member of the National Press club and the newsmaker committee. On behalf of the club and committee, i want to thank you for joining us for this very special newsmaker, an unprecedented newsmaker. We will hear from two federal Immigration Judges this morning. Before i introduce our guest, i want to take care of a little housekeeping. We have usual rules. For this particular newsmaker we have unusual rules. To questions each. Members of the press club and any credentialed journalists may ask questions. You identify yourself and any News Organization and will recognize you if you have a question. I shouldrules say that our guests, although both are federal judges, they are here in the capacity as leaders of the National Association of Immigration Judges, affiliate of the National Federation of affiliates and technical engineers, the union that represents not just Immigration Judges but other judges like administrativ
One has the privilege of having an attorneys help if he can pay , or if he is fortunate enough to find a willing volunteer. This is true, even though all respondents have the burden of proof. That is the legal obligation to prove they are able to remain in the United States or qualify for benefits under complicated immigration laws. The last fiscal year, only 40 were unrepresented, a figure that froze to 85 if only detained dockets are considered. As you look around our courtrooms, you see the Immigration Judges are doing so many things that we look like the guy behind the curtain in the wizard of oz. Instead of a court reporter, judges and Immigration Courts operate Digital Audio recorders to create the formal record. Most of us do not have bailiffs or clerks to maintain security, and we mark and archive the evidence we receive by ourselves. Last year 83 of the cases we heard require the use of a Foreign Language interpreter. And one of more than 200 exceed different languages. Even m
Secret service, there was something going on. Now, those of us that are spend a lot of time at the white house know that lockdowns at the white house are relatively routine. Even fence jumpers happen, you know, three, four times a year. It is an event, but not a particularly remarkable one. But there seem to be there seem to be something a level of alarm that the secret service was displaying that suggested that this may have been a little bit something out of the ordinary. I headed into into the press area of the white house which is sort of at the entrance to the west wing for those of you who havent spent a lot of time there to try and figure out if i could figure out what was going on. And nobody had any they said no, everythings fine we would have gotten an email if something happened. If something happened. Right about that Moment Secret Service agents came stormed in from the west wing with these really large, like semiautomatic weapons that, you know, youve seen the secret Serv