Journalist Julia Preston, a contributing writer to the Marshall Project, shares how immigration courts are affecting thousands of families from Central America who came to the U.S. seeking asylum from gangs and criminal violence. Of the nearly 100,000 parents and children who have come before the courts since 2014, judges have issued rulings in at least 32,500 cases. Preston explores why 70% of these cases ended with deportation orders in absentia. She details her findings in a story made in conjunction with The Washington Post called, “Fearful of Court, Asylum Seekers Are Banished in Absentia.”