Tag: immigration court

While most of the Federal immigration system closed down in New York on Monday, the Immigration Courts stayed open. Today the United States Justice...

The Immigrant Justice Corps just released this update on the impact of the Corona Pandemic on ICE and the Immigration Courts: EOIR has canceled...

In a scathing report issued today, the American Bar Association (ABA) said that the nation’s immigration courts are  "irredeemably dysfunctional." The stresses put on...

The Immigration Courts reopened on Monday. Lawyers are reporting that hearings are going ahead normally in most cases. If an immigrant has a hearing...

If a continuing resolution is passed by Congress and signed by President Trump, the Immigration Courts will reopen on Monday. I just received this...

With an already large 800,000 case backlog, the "partial government shutdown" has been devastating for the immigration courts. The closing of most facilities has...

I am an immigration lawyer. In April one of my court appearances in Manhattan was cancelled. It was not rescheduled, just cancelled. I spoke...

President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget for the Department of Justice contains $145 million more dollars for immigration enforcement than the current budget. While large...

The New York Times has an interesting look inside ways that the Immigration Courts are trying to address prejudice among Immigration Judges. In August,...

A recent study published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review found that a very small minority of immigrants in deportation (removal) proceedings were...