Lee Gelernt: Deputy Director and Chicago-Area Lawyers

lee gelernt: But critics described widespread confusion, with an untold number of travellers being held in legal limbo because of ill-defined procedures, according to Hamilton Spectator. Lawyers manned tables at New York's Kennedy Airport to offer help to families whose loved ones had been detained, and some 150 Chicago-area lawyers showed up at O'Hare Airport after getting an email asking for legal assistance on behalf of travellers. Attorneys struggled to determine how many people had been affected so far by the rules, which Trump said Saturday were working out very nicely. We just simply don't know how many people there are and where they are, said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Immigrants' Rights Project. The executive director of National Immigration Law Center, Marielena Hincapie, said this is just the beginning. Advocates for travellers say the chaos is likely to continue. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.