Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 29, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 29, 2018 The Trump administration has been trying to ramp up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally. But one thing has been standing in its way: immigration judges often put these cases on hold. Now Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering overruling the judges. One practice that's particularly infuriating to Sessions and other immigration hardliners is called administrative closure. It allows judges to put deportation proceedings on hold indefinitely. "Basically they have legalized the person who was coming to court, because they were illegally in the country," Sessions said during a speech in December. Sessions is using his authority over the immigration court system to review a number of judicial decisions. If he overturns those decisions, thousands of other cases could be affected. In this way, he is expected to end administrative closure, or scale it back. The attorney general may also limit when judges can grant continuances, and who qualifies for asylum in the United States. This could reshape the nation's immigration courts, which are overseen by the Justice Department, and make them move faster. Sessions says he's trying to clear a massive backlog of cases that's clogging the docket. But critics say he's weighing changes that would threaten the due process rights of immigrants, and the integrity of immigration courts. "What he wants is an immigration court system which is rapid, and leads to lots of deportations," said Nancy Morawetz, who teaches the Immigrant Rights Clinic at New York Un "It's really just an unprecedented move by the attorney general to change the way the whole system works," she said. It's rare for an attorney general to exercise this power. Sessions has done it four times in the past three months. iversity School of Law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hopefully they start with the Pollacks and Asians. I need those Mexicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 29, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 29, 2018 They are only deporting illegals. I thought your Mexicans were legal , no ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1R9sledder Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Hopefully they start with the Pollacks and Asians. I need those Mexicans. MC wants all the Japs gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Just now, T1R9sledder said: MC wants all the Japs gone. Japs are Asians you dummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1R9sledder Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Nazipigdog said: Japs are Asians you dummy! No shit Sherlock .......MC has that special love for Japs, that's why I said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 minute ago, T1R9sledder said: No shit Sherlock .......MC has that special love for Japs, that's why I said it. I hope some illegal Japs move next door to him and illegal Russians move on the other side! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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