Month: December 2018

Immigration Judges Quit

Immigration Judges Quit CNN reported today (Friday, December 27, 2019) that Immigration judges have left their positions in 2019 at nearly twice the rate of previous years with many citing the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies as a deciding factor. Over the past year, in the heat of a border migration crisis, 45 judges have left, …

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What Happens to Immigration During a Government Shutdown?

What Happens to Immigration During a Government Shutdown? As President Trump refuses to sign a budget bill that does not include funding for his border wall, there is a government shutdown in effect right now.   Which immigration-related entities are impacted?   Department of Homeland Security and its immigration-related components (Custom and Border Protection, Immigration and Custom …

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Immigrants Christmas Gift: Civil Rights Coalition Successfully Blocks Trump.

Immigrants Christmas Gift: Civil Rights Coalition Successfully Blocks Trump. Making it difficult for immigrants to reach the United States in a variety of ways has been in the agenda for the President of the United States, Donald Trump. However, litigators from the Justice Action Center (JAC), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono …

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Asylum Rejections Record-High in 2018 Amid Immigration Crackdown

Asylum Rejections Record-High in 2018 Amid Immigration Crackdown Immigration courts denied an astounding 65% of asylum applications in 2018, according to a recent report by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).  This denial rate is the highest since 2001.   Asylum Caseload has Skyrocketed in 2018. TRAC reported 42,224 asylum cases that were decided …

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