Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., criticized the Trump administration's handling of immigration proceedings as it continues to enact its mass deportation plan.

The administration has faced criticism from human rights organizations, and from other Democratic officials over just who it's targeting for arrest and deportation. They said many of the people who have been apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were in the U.S. legally.

Padilla said the immigration court system is inefficient, and he's concerned that hurts the due process rights of immigrants.

"Whether it's the need for additional access to counsel in person, whether it's a need for translation services — if we're going to be genuine it's ... by providing the due process consideration that is embedded in our con

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