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Federal immigration officers wait to carry out detentions as migrants traverse the hallway at U.S. immigration court in Ma...

Politics Sep 02

Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog

By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn

Nation Sep 02

A migrant is detained by federal immigration officers at U.S. immigration court
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 22

A woman stands in the hallway as her husband attends a hearing at U.S. immigration court in New York City
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As immigration courts face backlog, DOJ cuts dozens of judges

A key part of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration agenda is to deport immigrants without legal status more quickly. But there's a massive backlog in immigration courts and the Justice Department has fired or not renewed the contracts of dozens…

By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz

World Sep 27

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News Wrap: House challenges Trump on border national emergency

In our Friday news wrap, House Democrats voted to end the national emergency declaration that allows money to be diverted from the military to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate already approved the measure, but…

Nation Aug 27

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Immigration judges’ union seeks independent court system

The federal immigration court system should be separated from the Justice Department and operated independently of federal law enforcement, the top two leaders of the immigration judges' union said Wednesday.

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

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