Public defenders representing detained immigrants due for appearances at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Varick Street immigration court in Lower Manhattan say dozens of cases were unilaterally moved up on the hearing calendar without providing attorneys with notice or the chance to respond.

According to the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, which is made up of a trio of city public defender offices, at least 25 cases scheduled for later this year, some as far away as the summer, were discovered to have been been rescheduled for as early as next week. The providers claim no one from the DOJ or the court reached out to inform attorneys of these changes.

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