What is it about?
Immigrant court backlogs
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Why is it important?
The article explains how these backlogs are the result of the other problems in the US immigration system. It provides a summary of these problems, and an analysis of the steps needed to reverse and eliminate that backlog, which as of early 2024 had reached 3 million cases.
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The paper is the product of extensive engagement with immigration judges, leading lawyers, practitioners, and policy experts.
Mr Donald Kerwin
University of Notre Dame
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This page is a summary of: The US Immigration Courts, Dumping Ground for the Nation’s Systemic Immigration Failures: The Causes, Composition, and Politically Difficult Solutions to the Court Backlog, Journal on Migration and Human Security, May 2023, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/23315024231175379.
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