Category: Immigration Courts
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read here . Affirmative Asylum Cases (asylum applications which are not responding to governmental deportation orders which generally go through USCIS interviews for a decision) may now be sent directly to a judge for his/her decision without needing to have an interview by USCIS. This will speed up the process and MegaMaster Hearings could accelerate…
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Voluntary Departures, generally associated with immigration court cases, are about 10 times what they had been (typical = 800/month) during Biden administration. Read here
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This article summarizes the current situation in immigration courts regarding asylum denial and acceptance rates – TRAC analysis using government data – which vary by judge. Also, in this article, a good map of the # of immigration judges by location. And shows 3.7 million backlogged cases in immigration courts.
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Read this article to learn how Massachusetts has allocated $5 million to provide free legal aid to immigrants in removal and a hotline for those immigrants needing representation. Read more about the process and capacity constraints.
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A Nevada judge has ruled, in a class action suit, that “mandatory detention” for all unauthorized, despite their length of time in the US, is not legal nor practical. This after multiple courts, and appeals courts, have looked at the issue with varying decisions. Read “Detained migrants allege due process violations in class action lawsuit“
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This TRAC report shows the mothly % of asylum cases granted and denied – showing that the current denial rate is 80%. TRAC is the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse which references government data (from Department of Homeland Security) for it’s reports and data summaries.
Immigration Insight 