{"id":313148,"date":"2026-08-04T04:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313148\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T04:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:35:32","slug":"striking-bronx-defenders-union-says-management-left-attorney-no-choice-but-to-cross-picket-line-for-immigration-hearing-where-client-risks-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313148\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking Bronx Defenders union says management left attorney no choice but to cross picket line for immigration hearing where client risks deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the city\u2019s longest public defender strike since 1982 bleeds into its second week, one immigration attorney will be crossing the picket line to return to work Tuesday in what her union has called an \u201cimpossible\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d choice.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronxdefenders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx Defenders<\/a> union, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/law\/bronx-defenders-union-public-defender-strike-07272026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has been on strike since July 27<\/a>, said a striking immigration attorney will go back to work Tuesday for a client\u2019s hearing that could end with their deportation if they\u2019re left without representation. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/law\/striking-bronx-defenders-union-cross-picket-line\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at amNY &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tStriking Bronx Defenders union says management left attorney no choice but to cross picket line for immigration hearing where client risks deportation &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the city\u2019s longest public defender strike since 1982 bleeds into its second week, one immigration attorney will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,90638,2301,1213,2710,9,24,12,63,61628,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-313148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-defenders","tag-immigration","tag-labor","tag-law","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-defenders","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}