Courts have closed across New York state and the U.S., but immigration courts for detainees remain open. As WXXI’s Noelle Evans reports, the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia has continued to hold in-person hearings.
Siana McClean is an immigration attorney and the regional American Immigration Lawyers Association representative. She works with detainees at the Federal Detention Center in Batavia. Her drive to the court involves crossing the U.S. Canadian Border.
But since March 16th, she hasn’t been making the trip. She's worried about the coronavirus.