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Immigration ‘Rocket Docket’ Raises Ire In S.F.

Updated: October 23, 2014

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Local officials in San Francisco are raising issues with the Department of Justice “rocket docket” for unaccompanied Central American minors who were caught or surrendered to authorities at the U.S. border. The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper is… Read More

Category: Community, Courts Budget, Immigration

Tags: border crisis, budget cuts, california courts, civil court, court backlog, DOJ, immigration, immigration crisis, immigration reform, refugee children, Rocket Docket, San Francisco, Seatlle, US Justice Department

Unaccompanied Child Lawsuit Gets Federal Hearing, And It’s A Mess

Updated: October 23, 2014

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Politico’s David Rogers has one of the better reports on that federal court hearing in Seattle over the issue of providing legal counsel to the unaccompanied children migrating to the U.S. from nations other than Mexico, and it… Read More

Category: Cases, Community, Immigration

Tags: border crisis, budget cuts, california courts, civil court, court backlog, DOJ, immigration, immigration crisis, immigration reform, politico, refugee children, Seatlle, US Justice Department