Immigration Courts

Backlogs affect the immigration courts themselves. It is difficult as a judge to fairly adjudicate a case that is subject to multiple continuances over a period of years.

- Andrew R. Arthur, Resident Fellow in Law and Policy

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Appellate Board Overrules Itself, Finds Aggravated Felons Are Inadmissible

Sometimes common sense overcomes convoluted legal drafting

Topics: Immigration Courts, Criminal Aliens

Asylum Fraud on Trial in Latest BIA Opinion

‘Similarly worded declarations from 12 separate political opinion-based Indian asylum applications’

Topics: Immigration Courts, Fraud and Immigration, Asylum

No Americans Need Apply

Mr. Attorney General: Tear down this wall separating American citizens from American jobs

Topics: Immigration Courts, H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

Report: Asylum Denials Reach All-Time High

Undoubtedly true, but a lot more context is required to explain why it was inevitable

Topics: Immigration Courts, Asylum

Appellate Board Sustains $3K Fine on Alien Who Failed to Voluntarily Depart

Statutory penalties reflect ‘Congress’s intent that voluntary departure and removal orders be enforced’

Topics: Immigration Courts

BIA: Get a Lawyer within 10 Days, or Be Ready to Proceed Without One

Appellate board reads the INA and finds a key restriction it overlooked for 30 years

Topics: Immigration Courts

Immigration Court Backlog Falls Below 3.5 Million

As ‘no-show’ orders soar — for every ‘asylum seeker’ granted protection, 12 others filed an application and then failed to appear for their hearings through the end of June

Topics: Immigration Courts

DOJ: Fifth Circuit ‘Rules Illegal Aliens Do Not Have a Constitutional Right to Roam Free’

Did four immigration judges in Tacoma know they would trigger a legal firestorm and likely SCOTUS review?

Topics: Immigration Courts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

A Bad Time to Be a Bad Immigration Lawyer

BIA cracks down even harder on ‘ineffective assistance of counsel’ claims

Topics: Immigration Courts

Immigration Courts and Judges: Understanding the System Behind America's Immigration Crisis

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 263

Parsing Immigration Policy

Topics: Immigration Courts