purpose. they have support. people knew they were going to do it. they have support. they have support online. they have support in the flesh, too. members of congress signed on to a letter to president obama asking that the dream nine be brought home, that they be allowed to stay. they re in the detention center in arizona for two weeks. but the surprise ending, at least the surprise next step here, is that they are not still in detention and they are not back in mexico. lulu martinez and the other members of the dream nine have been granted permission to apply for asylum which is a difficult thing to get, but a judge is going to hear their case. they ll get notices to appear in court to plead that case, and they meanwhile have been released to come back home. they made it back. joining us now is lulu martinez, one of the dream nine activists released yesterday from the eloy detention center in arizona. lulu martinez, thank you for being with us tonight. it s nice to have you here.
out. is it possible that the nine of you having been granted the opportunity to apply for asylum to be here while that process goes through, is that possible that that s going to set a precedent that other people could now be able to use that channel as a way to try to ease their own way? we re hoping so. that s exactly what we re trying to do. we hope that there s going to be a more efficient way of having people be reunited with their families without having to be in detention for weeks at a time and having to endure the really horrible conditions within the detention center. so we re hoping that through our process of fighting our asylum cases that others will also be as excited to go through this process with us and with the support of the community and our families so that they can finally come back home after being forced out of the u.s. and having been deported. lulu martinez, one of the dream nine activists now back home. lulu, thank you for being here with us. good luck. s
knows exactly how that will play out. is it possible that the nine of you having been granted the opportunity to apply for asylum to be here while that process goes through, is that possible that that s going to set a precedent that other people could now be able to use that channel as a way to try to ease their own way? we re hoping so. that s exactly what we re trying to do. we hope that there s going to be a more efficient way of having people be reunited with their families without having to be in detention for weeks at a time and having to endure the really horrible conditions within the detention center. so we re hoping that through our process of fighting our asylum cases that others will also be as excited to go through this process with us and with the support of the community and our families so that they can finally come back home after being forced out of the u.s. and having been deported. lulu martinez, one of the dream nine activists now back home. lulu, thank you for
their own way? we re hoping so. that s exactly what we re trying to do. we hope that there s going to be a more efficient way of having people be reunited with their families without having to be in detention for weeks at a time and having to endure the really horrible conditions within the detention center. so we re hoping that through our process of fighting our asylum cases that others will also be as excited to go through this process with us and with the support of the community and our families so that they can finally come back home after being forced out of the u.s. and having been deported. lulu martinez, one of the dream nine activists now back home. lulu, thank you for being here with us. good luck. stay in touch with us, please. thank you so much. thank you. joining us now, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post. good to have you here. great to be here, rachel. as a student of washington process and somebody who knows a