Category: Immigration Courts
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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
Immigration Insight 