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Hosted by Georgetown University and runs about one hour 15 minutes and begins with remarks by the universities president. [applause] good afternoon everyone and welcome. Its a pleasure to be with all of you. Azhar Spring Semester draws to a close for our bernstein symposium. I wish to begin by expressing our deepest appreciation to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg forn joining us here on campus today. Its an honor to welcome her to gaston hall and to hear her reflections this afternoon. I also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable Robert Katzmann, chief judge of u. S. Court of appeals for the Second Circuit, for all his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. I ....
This. Robert and i are wishing, we usually do a lot of the advertising. We didnt even have to advertise this one and everything sold out right away, so we have a lot of returning people, a lot of firsttime people and its great to have three great friends here who ill introduce in a moment and im also very thankful for cspan. We have cspan here, and i think this is the first time that cspan has been here to our beautiful campus. I love cspan. Everything that they do, they just bring the camera and no filter, right . No comment tear, they just see whats going on and they let it speak for itself. Ive to give one credits, because hes one of the people on the he said, ive never seen a lineup like this. Theyll come. Youve got to invite him, and he was right. He called that exactly right. So i have five minutes right now to set these up and introduce these guys and get out of the way because we go until 11 00, and i was thinking how do you introduce the topic and this is the 100th anniversary ....
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 ....