Immigration,
Government
May 18, 2018
Sessions: Judges can’t drop cases from docket indefinitely
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday took away the ability of immigration judges to remove deportation cases from their dockets indefinitely while keeping them technically open, saying neither he nor Congress gave them the right to do so.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday took away the ability of immigration judges to remove deportation cases from their dockets indefinitely while keeping them technically open, saying neither he nor Congress gave them the right to do so.
The decision could increase the backlog in the immigration courts, according to some experts. But others said it would lead to more deportations and better tracking of cases. Some judges had ...
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