The Right of the Immigrant is the Right to a Hearing

  Is there obstruction of justice at the border? Are we purposefully restraining our ability to hear the vast number of cases? Could we bring in more immigration judges, but we choose not to, because we know the fewer cases we hear and the longer we put them all off, the fewer people who will make it into the U.S.?
   Is this our strategy against the immigrant? Should we not consider that a strategy that impedes justice is a strategy that obstructs it?
   The right to a fair trial is spelled out right in the Constitution. How do we deny these migrants their day in court? Where is our conscience? How do we dare say, All we want you to do is to come legally, then deny them the legal process to come legally?
   If we are choosing to limit immigration by choosing to limit the judicial process that allows it, are we not obstructing justice? Our efforts to block them from coming should not include efforts to block them from justice.