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3 days agoSan Francisco's Montgomery St. Immigration Court to shutter by May 1
Montgomery Street Immigration Court in San Francisco will close to the public by May, moving cases to other locations.
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4 months agoFire Departments Struggle To Meet Demands Of Rural Communities | KQED
Widespread firings and departures of immigration judges have left courts severely understaffed, producing massive backlogs and disrupting asylum and deportation adjudication across Northern California.
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6 months agoDOJ hires immigration judges, halting months of layoffs
The Justice Department has hired 36 immigration judges, including 25 temporary ones, for its Executive Office for Immigration Review, marking the first class to join the immigration courts after months of cuts to the workforce. Judges will soon take the bench across 16 states, according to a Justice Department announcement. These include courts that saw the biggest losses of judges this year such as Chelmsford, Mass., and Chicago.
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7 months agoTrump administration fires more immigration judges
Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, adding to the over 80 judges that have already been cut by President Trump so far this year. At least 14 immigration judges learned last Friday that they would be put on leave and that their employment would terminate as soon as Wednesday in some cases, according to two people familiar with
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