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Immigration Lawyers Wait for Biden Administration to Fulfill Promises

Lawyers are cautiously optimistic that the Biden administration will be able to untangle the chaos of the immigration courts

Immigration lawyers are cautiously optimistic that the Biden administration will be able to untangle the chaos of the immigration courts

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DOJ Appeals Ruling Limiting Immigrant Detentions Without a Court Hearing

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The First Days of Biden: The Impact on New York’s Immigration System

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How the FBI Coerced This Muslim Immigrant Into Working as an Informant

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Fatma was undocumented when she was arrested by the FBI. Credit: Scott Heins for Documented

Only 20% of ICE Detainees Get a Hearing Within 10 Days

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Disorder in the Immigration Courts

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How ICE Controls Journalists’ Access to the Immigration Courts

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

An undocumented workers fund is a measure currently planned for New York’s next budget would provide more than $2 billion in cash assistance for New Yorkers who have been ineligible for federal relief payments during the pandemic
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Behind The Scenes: At The Mercy Of The Courts, One Family’s Harrowing Journey (Podcast)

We spent a year investigating the impact of Trump's policies on New York's immigration courts. After watching hundreds of hearings a day, here are some details of what we found.

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At The Mercy Of The Courts: Following One Family’s Harrowing Journey

We spent a year investigating the impact of Trump's policies on New York's immigration courts

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New Jersey Immigration Court Reopened After Unexplained Closure During Coronavirus Pandemic

Judges have been asked to volunteer to appear at the court.

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The Varick St. Immigration Court Has Moved All of Its Hearings to Fort Worth

EOIR said that lawyers may appear in person at Varick St. in front of judges who will be video teleconferenced in, or travel to Texas

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Varick St. Immigration Court Reopened Despite Court Staffer Testing Positive for COVID-19

The court was closed for a day after a court staffer tested positive but it was reopened on Wednesday.