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'Zero chance': Ex-ICE leader says Trump can't get 'anywhere close to where he wants to go'
2 months ago

'Zero chance': Ex-ICE leader says Trump can't get 'anywhere close to where he wants to go'

Raw Story  

An immigration law expert warned that Donald Trump cannot carry out his sweeping plans to deport millions of people without breaking the law. The president-elect has pledged to strengthen border security and carry out mass deportations, which would present massive logistical and financial challenges, and John Sandweg, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Barack Obama, said …

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Albanese and Dutton are caught in a wrestle over who can be tougher following the High Court's indefinite detention ruling
1 year, 1 month ago

Albanese and Dutton are caught in a wrestle over who can be tougher following the High Court's indefinite detention ruling

ABC  

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil meant it as a compliment. The comment also confirmed, however, the extent to which everyone is flying blind since the High Court's ruling on immigration detention. Inside the landmark High Court ruling that's turned the parliament potty Photo shows Anthony Albanese looks at Clare O'Neil during question time It's hard to see how the fallout …

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More than a million could die waiting for green cards as U.S. immigration buckles amid COVID
2 years, 5 months ago

More than a million could die waiting for green cards as U.S. immigration buckles amid COVID

LA Times  

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, immense backlogs are grinding U.S. immigration processes to a crawl. Unprecedented delays processing millions of visas, work permits, green cards and naturalization petitions, as well as cases languishing in immigration courts, are so severe that experts say they can’t be resolved without significant reforms. Awad’s family is unlikely to be reunited soon, said his lawyer Curtis …

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U.S. Supreme Court declines to stop deportation of Indian citizen
2 years, 7 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court declines to stop deportation of Indian citizen

The Hindu  

The United States Supreme Court, on Monday, ruled 5-4 against an Indian citizen who faces deportation from the country for ticking a box on driver’s license application form stating he was a U.S. citizen. USCIS had denied his adjustment application for permanent residence because it was aware that Mr. Patel had falsely stated he was a U.S. citizen on a …

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“Is Stephen Miller still in charge?”: Biden’s first immigration court appointees are all Trump picks
3 years, 7 months ago

“Is Stephen Miller still in charge?”: Biden’s first immigration court appointees are all Trump picks

Salon  

Immigration advocates sounded the alarm after the Biden administration's first list of new immigration court picks was filled entirely by judges selected under former President Donald Trump. "The 17 new immigration judges referenced in the notice all received their conditional offers under the prior administration," a DOJ spokesperson told The Hill, despite President Biden's vow to undo his predecessor's damage …

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Justice Department closes more immigration courts, postpones hearings
4 years, 9 months ago

Justice Department closes more immigration courts, postpones hearings

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Justice Department announced overnight that it’s closing an additional 10 immigration courts, spread out across the country, through April 10 as the novel coronavirus has spread to all 50 states. The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department agency that oversees the nation’s immigration courts, has made incremental changes to court operations in recent days, …

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AP visits immigration courts across US, finds nonstop chaos
4 years, 11 months ago

AP visits immigration courts across US, finds nonstop chaos

Associated Press  

LUMPKIN, Ga. — In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits -- and stalls. A surge in the arrival of asylum seekers and the Trump administration’s crackdown on the Southwest border and illegal immigration have pushed more people into deportation proceedings, swelling the court’s docket to 1 million cases. He praises …

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Immigration: US is sending migrants back to Mexico. Thousands have missed a court date
5 years ago

Immigration: US is sending migrants back to Mexico. Thousands have missed a court date

CNN  

Washington CNN — The whereabouts of thousands of migrants waiting in Mexico for their upcoming court date in the United States is unknown, according to attorney accounts and data analyzed by CNN. Half of the people waiting in Mexico for a scheduled court date were not present at their last hearing, according to data from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access …

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Immigration: Confusion and frustration in tent courts along the Texas border
5 years, 3 months ago

Immigration: Confusion and frustration in tent courts along the Texas border

CNN  

CNN — Lawyers and legal observers expressed confusion and frustration this week as immigration hearings ramped up at two new tent facilities along the US-Mexico border in Laredo and Brownsville, Texas. In a statement, a Customs and Border Protection official said that “because the immigration hearing facilities in Laredo and Brownsville are within CBP’s secure port of entry property, access …

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Trump immigration officials defend tent courts, saying they’ll speed up asylum process
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump immigration officials defend tent courts, saying they’ll speed up asylum process

LA Times  

The new immigration tent court in this border city feels more like a detention center: barbed wire chain-link fence, metal detectors, security cameras and uniformed guards. Asylum cases can take years, but the tent courts that recently opened here and in Brownsville, Texas, were designed to reduce that to as little as 40 days, the average time it takes for …

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Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn’t pay. “The families that are all ready to go and desperate, ready with counsel, have survived multiple atrocities can’t seem to get before the judge, and others …

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Immigration: Trump admin considers temporary courts along the southern border
5 years, 6 months ago

Immigration: Trump admin considers temporary courts along the southern border

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration is considering building temporary courts along the southern border as part of an effort to expand its policy of returning some asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings, according to two administration officials. Site assessments have been completed for almost all the ports of entry to determine where such temporary …

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Justice Department touts new immigration judges amid struggle to reduce backlog
5 years, 9 months ago

Justice Department touts new immigration judges amid struggle to reduce backlog

LA Times  

A girl in a pink bow stood proudly center stage Friday at the Justice Department, dwarfed by two statues and adults in black judicial robes behind her. “We’re now recruiting children too.” Thus went the ceremony for officials, family and friends to welcome 31 new immigration judges, the second-largest class ever. “Whether the immigration backlog continues to grow depends in …

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