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Bookmark or Share- Fact Sheet: Immigration Courts - National Immigration ForumBecause Congress has failed to adequately fund the immigration court system as it has dramatically ramped up immigration enforcement, the case backlog continues to grow. The average wait time for a case to be heard is 721 days , about two years; with wait times in San Antonio, Chicago, Imperial, CA, Denver, and Arlington, VA averaging over ...
- Supreme Court Ruling Made Indefinite Immigrant Detention the Law of the ...Following a February 2018 Supreme Court ruling, prolonged civil detention is the law of the land. Certain immigrants held in mandatory detention — newly arrived asylum seekers and any immigrant convicted of a crime, including lawful permanent residents — generally can be held indefinitely. In its 5-2 decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez, the court ruled … Continued
- National Immigration ForumIn the immigration context, prosecutorial discretion may be exercised at any stage of an immigration case. Some experts credit the case of John Lennon (of Beatles fame) with bringing the doctrine to prominence, after his immigration attorney successfully persuaded the INS to formally grant him deferred action in the early 1970s.
- Fact Sheet: Asylum Fraud and Immigration Court Absentia RatesWhen an applicant in immigration court misses a scheduled court hearing their asylum case is closed in absentia and their claim is rejected. Because absentia cases typically occur early in the asylum process (the applicant never attends their first court date), they can be overrepresented in “completed” cases statistics over particular time ...
- Review of the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Immigration CasesIII. Case Summaries A. Cases Involving the Biden Administration’s Decision to End Certain Trump-Era Immigration Policies The Supreme Court considered the termination of two Trump-era immigration policies: the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”) and the 2019 Public Charge Rule. Biden v. Texas, 597 U.S. __ (2022).
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