Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
As originally posted in the Huffington Post. With immigration emerging as a pivotal issue in the 2016 presidential election, everyone from Donald Trump to Pope Francis is embracing rhetoric that advances their positions. So, whether you are a… Read More
Less than 15 percent of U.S. Immigration Court proceedings are conducted entirely in English, meaning that interpreters are vital to getting things done. Now, already facing more than 450,000 cases backlogged for years, the immigration justice system may… Read More
The Wall Street Journal reported (9/29/15) that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sees “a day not too far away when indigent defendants have a legal right to a lawyer in civil cases.” He admits that local jurisdictions… Read More
Anyone looking for an example of Border Patrol officials basically ignoring the U.S. courts might check out a southern Arizona case. Migrants there have long complained about dirty and overcrowded cells, explains the Arizona Republic newspaper, and about… Read More
With a Sept. 30 deadline passed, more than half of the United States 247 immigration judges, staffing 58 courts nationwide, are eligible to retire. This as the nation faces an immigration courts backlog of more than 450,000 cases…. Read More
