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Immigration

Aug. 2, 2017

Government policy change bogs down immigration courts, lawyers complain

Attorneys in immigration court who represent detained minors subject to deportation said they are facing increased resistance from government attorneys that is adding to their workload in a system already plagued with backlogs.

Government policy change bogs down immigration courts, lawyers complain
Ilyce Shugall, of Community Legal Services in Palo Alto, is among the immigration attorneys complaining that the Department of Homeland Security’s policy change on detained minors subject to deportation is clogging courts.

Attorneys in immigration court who represent detained minors subject to deportation said they are facing increased resistance from government attorneys that is adding to their workload in a system already plagued with backlogs.

They said it has become more difficult to get government attorneys to agree to close or postpone cases for unaccompanied children in deportation proceedings who have a special juvenile status and could eventu...

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