An immigration judge and lawyer told a U.S. Senate Judiciary panel an independent immigration court would help ease a backlog of more than 2 million pending cases.
An immigration judge and lawyer told a U.S. Senate Judiciary panel on Wednesday that an independent immigration court would help ease a backlog of more than 2 million pending cases.
WASHINGTON An immigration judge and lawyer told a U.S. Senate Judiciary panel on Wednesday that an independent immigration court would help ease a backlog of more than 2 million pending cases. Because the immigration court system is an arm of the U.S. Justice Department the Executive Office for Immigration Review each presidential administration has set immigration policy, and often those courts are subject to political interference, said Mimi Tsankov, an immigration judge, and Jeremy McKinney, an immigration attorney.
The United States Senate tackled the issue of immigration courts and advocates there said that process should be independent and removed from the political whims of the U.S. Department of Justice.
An immigration judge and lawyer told a U.S. Senate Judiciary panel on Wednesday that an independent immigration court would help ease a backlog of more than 2 million pending cases.