NPR: Border Patrol Program Raises Due Process Concerns

NPR has aired the first in a three-part series that takes an in-depth look at a little-known program that is pushing the boundaries of the American justice system along the U.S.-Mexico border: Operation Streamline. NPR’s Southwest correspondent Ted Robbins has spent the last three months analyzing court data and documents on the program. Operation Streamline is an initiative that takes immigrants caught entering the United States illegally and pushes them through the federal courts at unheard of speeds. They are often arraigned, counseled, plead and convicted in a matter of hours.

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