Number of pending cases has nearly doubled since President Trump took office WASHINGTON—The backlogged deportation docket pending in U.S. immigration courts surpassed one million cases in August, despite the Trump administration’s varied attempts to cut back on asylum claims. The backlog this year has grown at a record pace, according
The supreme court ruled on Wednesday to allow the Trump administration to enforce nationwide restrictions that would prevent most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the US. The administration announced in July a new policy that would deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on their way to the US without
Immigration judges from across the country will soon be reassigned from their normal caseload to preside over thousands of immigration cases along the U.S.-Mexico border, reportedly in an effort to speed up hearings under the controversial “Remain in Mexico” program. To handle the cases faster, the Trump administration is in
The Trump administration’s latest asylum ban went into effect in New Mexico and Texas—but not California and Arizona—on Friday after a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling amounts to a partial victory for President Trump. While the ban covers the border states outside of the Ninth
The San Francisco Asylum Office has recently reassigned many of its officers to asylum prescreening (APSO) to conduct credible/reasonable fear and MPP interviews. This has reduced but not halted the adjudication of affirmative asylum applications. Applicants may experience delayed appointment scheduling for recently filed and backlogged cases. The San Francisco
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