Category: Immigration Courts
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Politico reports in this article that around 98 of the 700 immigration judges have retired, quit or been terminated. Immigration judges report to the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in the Executive branch. The Attorney General can overturn cases decided by immigration judges.
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An interview with the Brennan Center’s Margy O’Herron describes troubling issues with the current immigration system including the firing of 14% of the career immigration judges, the increased price to appeal an immigration case, SCOTUS allowing profiling, lack of due process and diverting cases to expedited removals.
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During his keynote address at a recent gala to raise money for Immigration Law and Justice of New York, Austin Kocher (a professor at Syracuse University) cites these 7 key statistics which tell the story of US immigration currently:
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In this article and 28-minute video, the Border Report (reporters Rudy Mireles and Sandra Sanchez) from Harlingen, Texas provides a quick explainer of some immigration basics: Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Title 8 (US Immigration Law), ICE, family separations, immigration courts, and a former immigration judge talking about reviewing the cases of unaccompanied minors.…
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The American Immigration Council posted a summary of a new BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) decision which requires people who crossed the border unlawfuly to be subject to mandatory detention and ineligible or bond release. Read their explanation here.
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A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. Listen to This American Life, with Ira Glass (art by Jane Rosenberg)
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The CGRS (Center for Gender and Refugee Studies) reports that in the case of “Matter of KESG” (KESG = initials of the Salvadoran woman seeking asylum) the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled against asylum. Legal precedent over decades established that women are targeted and persecuted b/c they are women. This case decision seeks to provide…
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Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across ten states | AP News
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