Nation Nov 19 They thought they were in court for a routine immigration hearing, but walked into a deportation trap By Joshua Goodman, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press
Nation Sep 02 Pentagon authorizes military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges The Trump administration is looking at a variety of options to help resolve the significant backlog of immigration cases, including hiring additional immigration judges… By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press
Politics Jul 16 17 immigration court judges have been fired by the Trump administration across 10 states, union says The firings come as the courts have been increasingly at the center of the Trump administration's hardline immigration enforcement efforts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting immigrants as they appear at court for proceedings. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Nation Jan 15 Record 3 million cases clog U.S. immigration courts Fueled by record-breaking increases in migrants who seek asylum after being apprehended for crossing the border illegally, the court backlog has grown by more than 1 million over the last fiscal year and it’s now triple what it was in… By Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press
Politics Jan 09 Watch 4:58 Shutdown stalls immigration courts already facing a ‘tremendous backlog’ of cases The government shutdown over funding a southern border wall has largely disabled the system that processes immigration cases. Most cases in immigration courts, which are already overburdened, have been delayed indefinitely. Judge Dana Leigh Marks, former president of the National…
Sep 18 Watch 6:38 How a ‘dire’ immigration court backlog affects lives By PBS News Hour As lawmakers debate how to deal with immigration reform, little attention is paid to the nation’s immigration court system, which has more than 600,000 cases pending and only 334 judges to hear them. John Yang is joined by Judge Dana… Continue watching