“Like a Kafka novel:” How Cleveland’s immigration courts undermine American’s sacred values

The sudden release of Cincinnati hospital chaplain and imam Ayman Soliman from immigration detention has renewed attention on the secretive nature of immigration courts and their implications for American democracy.

Tuesday on the Today in Ohio podcast , hosts from cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer discussed how the Soliman case is just the latest to highlight troubling patterns in how immigration proceedings operate.

“We have to keep pointing out it is so un-American -- what’s happening in our immigration courts. It’s like a Kafka novel. You are swept up. You don’t really know why. You don’t have a right to redress,” said Chris Quinn. “I think the only reason he’s out is because people kept protesting.”

Soliman’s case gained national attention. He was arrested by ICE in July despit