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.
AG: No ‘Coercion or Duress’ Exception to the Bar to Humanitarian Protection for Alien Persecutors
A 73-year-old question is answered (for now): ‘As written by Congress, the [persecutor] bar is absolute’
Latest BIA Decision Unwinds Biden Admin Restrictions on Enforcement
Second opinion in a month giving IJs greater control over their decisions
Topics: Immigration Courts
BIA Reverses IJ Grant of Bond to Alien Child Sex Offender
When deciding whether to release criminal aliens, judges must consider facts they’re forced to ignore in weighing removability
Topics: Immigration Courts, Criminal Aliens
Immigration Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Removed
Expect more action to follow — and for the Supreme Court to eventually get district courts back in their proper lane
BIA Allows Judges to Quickly Dispose of Non-Meritorious Asylum Claims
IJs ‘are not required to hold merit hearings on applications that are incomplete or where an applicant is ineligible for relief’
Topics: Immigration Courts
A Guide to the Detention and Removal Process — and Due Process
It’s not just one process, it’s many, and all of them depend on how aliens are encountered and whether they’ve been admitted
Pentagon to Send 600 Lawyers to Serve as ‘Temporary Immigration Judges’
Ignore the complaints: Immigration law isn’t surgery, and there’s plenty of ‘due process’ protecting aliens’ rights
Topics: Immigration Courts
Immigration Court No-Shows Increase as Backlog Falls and Asylum Denials Rise
Expect the trends to continue, if not accelerate
Topics: Immigration Courts
Border Security Breeds Immigration Court Success
Backlog falls by 326,000 cases since January – which is likely more important to the credibility of our immigration system than even our increasingly secure border
Topics: Immigration Courts