Immigration Court
How Attorneys Wrangle New York’s Wildly Unpredictable Immigration Court Schedule
New York immigration court is rescheduling hearings too soon for immigrants and clients to adequately prepare.
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Court Cases in New York Are Scheduled Out to 2023, Leaving Asylum Seekers Hopeless
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio Immigration Court Primary category in which blog post is published
Remembering Judge Robert Katzmann, a Pioneer in Providing Legal Counsel for Immigrants
By Camille Mackler Immigration Court Primary category in which blog post is published
Pro Bono Lawyers Dwindling as Unaccompanied Minors Need More Help
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio Unaccompanied Minors Primary category in which blog post is published
Chaotic Reopening of Immigration Courts Make New York Immigrants Fear Deportations
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio Immigration Court Primary category in which blog post is published
The First Days of Biden: The Impact on New York’s Immigration System
At a Documented event, advocates discussed what the first few weeks of the Biden administration have meant for the immigration system in New York
How the FBI Coerced This Muslim Immigrant Into Working as an Informant
Immigrants vulnerable to deportation are sometimes coerced into becoming FBI informants with the promise of adjusting their status. For five years, the FBI dangled this promise in front of Fatma until one day she gave up and decided to break up with them.
Only 20% of ICE Detainees Get a Hearing Within 10 Days
The incoming administration will have to comply with an order to give immigrants a hearing within 10 days, something that ICE has failed to do for the vast majority of detained immigrants.
Disorder in the Immigration Courts
Why one immigrant escaping sexual abuse had to fly from Texas to New York City three times to attend immigration courts
How ICE Controls Journalists’ Access to the Immigration Courts
Immigration courts are open to the public, but respondents and their attorneys choose whether to allow observers into individual hearings. ICE attorneys apply pressure in the courtroom to get reporters expelled
Immigration Courts Under Trump: Backlogs and Courts Independence
How the current administration has affected backlogs, the independency of courts and has ordered a massive reopening of old cases
How the Immigration Courts Malfunctioned: What We Saw
A prosecuting attorney for ICE losing a detainee´s file, immigrants spending more time in jail because the video teleconferencing system malfunctioned, a judge deporting children because they failed to show up to court. The following are some of the negligences we saw after we spent three months in the immigration courts.
ICE Filed Over 100,000 New Cases and Clogged the Courts at the Peak of the Pandemic
The court shutdown has caused immigration judges’ productivity to plummet while ICE is sending new cases and filing motions to reopen cases that were administratively closed in the past
Nonprofits Supporting Immigrants Suffer From State Budget Cuts
Nonprofits supporting immigrants in immigration court are seeing their contracts slashed due to cuts to the state budget.
