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Immigration

May 22, 2018

Judges dropping immigration cases debated as rule ends

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to end a longstanding tool used by immigration judges to delay hearings indefinitely has sparked debate on if the power was ever firmly established for use in immigration courts.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to end a longstanding tool used by immigration judges to delay hearings indefinitely has sparked debate on if the power was ever firmly established for use in immigration courts.

Some advocates said the practice was broadly outlined in administrative and immigration law while the attorney general in a published decision last week wrote that the power was never explicitly established and amoun...

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