Attorneys say they are facing logistical, technical, and communication problems with their cases, which are backlogged across the U.S. Immigration Court system. In recent months, immigration attorneys have had quite a few procedural problems in the New York immigration courts.…
A new lawsuit hopes to save individuals selected in the Diversity Visa lottery in FY 2022 from being denied the opportunity to interview, the final hurdle before they can immigrate to the United States. The lawsuit argues the State Department…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal labor authority has sought for a second time to strip the collective bargaining powers of a national union for U.S. immigration judges, even though the agency that employs the judges isn’t opposing their right to…
At least 36,433 Afghan evacuees who were or are set to be resettled in the U.S. lack a direct pathway to secure permanent legal residency, according to a government report shared with Congress and obtained by CBS News. The number,…
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Immigration cases currently have the biggest backlog in U.S. history, new data shows. There were 1.59 million pending cases as of the start of the New Year, the largest in U.S. history, according to Transactional…
WASHINGTON — Last June, the San Francisco Immigration Court quietly tested a new idea: Fast-track the cases of immigrants whose mail wasn’t reaching them. In the trial run, 80% of the immigrants scheduled were ordered deported for not showing up.…
COVINGTON, Ky. — Following a three-day jury trial in federal court, an Alexandria, Kentucky, couple was convicted of harboring undocumented workers. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Carlton S. Shier, IV, and HSI Nashville Special Agent in Charge…
(CNN) – The US immigration court backlog reached nearly 1.6 million cases last year, with cases climbing more rapidly between October and December, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks immigration court data. The backlog is almost…
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Young undocumented professionals and essential workers haven’t lost hope that a trimmer version of the Build Back Better Act will give them legal status in 2022. But just in case, they’re preparing to identify…
Federal courts are now wrestling with the underpinnings of an immigration law provision and whether or not it is racist. A federal judge in Nevada ruled that Section 1326, a law making it a felony to reenter the United States…
