The Department of Justice Won’t Release Data on Prison Deportations
Each year, the federal government deports thousands of prisoners who enter the Institutional Hearing Program, but it won't reveal critical information about its operations.
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Immigration Courts Are Replacing Interpreters With Orientation Videos
The new measure is intended to reduce costs and accelerate proceedings, but even immigration judges are questioning it.
Video Hearings in Immigration Court Are Harming Immigrants’ Cases
Critics say video hearings are a flawed design of a system seeking deportations.
‘Irredeemably Dysfunctional and on the Brink of Collapse’: A Journey Through Chicago’s Immigration Court
Far from the border, Chicago's Immigration Court reveals the failings of the nation's asylum system.
Dallas Will Foot the Bill for Undocumented Immigrants’ Attorneys
The Sixth Amendment does not guarantee representation in immigration court, so immigrants facing deportation rarely have lawyers.
Trump Wants to Deport More People Without Hearings
Under a new plan, people who have been in the country for up to two years would be treated as if they just crossed the border—and they could be swiftly deported.
The Trump Administration’s Plan to Reduce the Immigration Court Backlog Will Only Add to It
The Department of Justice wants to allow appeals judges to uphold deportations without explaining their reasoning. But the last time that was the practice, the case docket doubled.
Is It Time to Bring the Nation’s Immigration Courts Under the Judicial Branch?
U.S. immigration courts face an "existential crisis." The American Bar Association says it has a solution.
The Government Has Not Revealed How Deportation Decisions Are Made
The Board of Immigration Appeals failed to respond to FOIAs about their process for issuing stays of removal. A new lawsuit seeks the information that was withheld.
How the Shutdown Actually Kept Thousands of Undocumented Immigrants in the U.S.
As a result of the shutdown, an estimated 80,000 court hearings will have to be rescheduled.