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By August, only 61 percent of MPP migrants attended their first court hearing, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse nonprofit. By comparison, 84.5 percent of asylum-seekers between last September and May who were not subject to MPP showed up for their first hearing.
Lawyers say the high rate of absenteeism among MPP migrants is a combination of their lack of access to lawyers, the fear of showing up at ports of entry at early hours and the decision by some to abandon their case and return home.
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