In last night’s presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that 99% of immigrants fail to appear in court.

This is patently false.

Here are the facts:

According to @verainstitute research and the federal government’s own data, most immigrants have appeared for their court hearings over the past few decades. https://www.vox.com/2020/1/10/21059924/trump-asylum-seekers-show-up-court-hearing">https://www.vox.com/2020/1/10...

According to our research, more than 95% of immigrants with lawyers show up for court—underlining the vital importance of publicly-funded legal representation programs at local, state, and federal levels such as the SAFE Initiative and #NYIFUP. https://www.vera.org/publications/due-process-for-all-year-2-safe-network">https://www.vera.org/publicati...

Over the first 3 years of the SAFE Initiative, 98% of SAFE clients continued to appear for their scheduled court hearings—a far-cry from what was claimed by Trump.

As immigrants face more attacks, will your community join the fight for #DueProcess4All? http://vera.org/safe-action ">https://vera.org/safe-acti...