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Immigration courts pull 2029 cases into trial queue this month
Original: We found out today about something called a “trial queue” in immigration court. The courts are moving cases scheduled in
Immigration courts are using a little-known "trial queue" to move cases originally scheduled for as far away as 2029 into hearings this month. Critics say the government has hired a large number of immigration judges and ICE attorneys with no prior immigration experience, raising concerns about the quality and fairness of decisions in high-stakes, life-and-death deportation cases. Commenters say the practice is accelerating dockets at an unprecedented pace.
Why now: The revelation that years-out cases are being rushed into immediate hearings, overseen by inexperienced hires, is alarming immigrants' rights observers.
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- We found out today about something called a “trial queue” in immigration court. The courts are moving cases scheduled in, like, 2029 for trial THIS MONTH. The gov’t has hired a ton of IJs and ICE attorneys with ZERO immigration experience to oversee these life-and-death cases.… · Recalcitrant@autonomous.zone · 4
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