Immigrants could wait until 2019 to have cases resolved

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by the government that it may be 2019 or later before their futures are resolved.

Some immigration lawyers fear the delay will leave their clients at risk of deportation as evidence becomes dated, witnesses disappear, sponsoring relatives die and dependent children become adults.

The increase in cancellations began late last summer after the Justice Department prioritized the tens of thousands of Central American migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, most of them mothers with children and unaccompanied minors.

Immigration lawyers in cities that absorbed a large share of those cases, including New York, San Antonio, Los Angeles and Denver, say they've had hearings canceled with little notice and received no new court dates. Work permits, green cards, asylum claims, and family reunifications hang in the balance.

Denver immigration lawyer David Simmons said he's never seen such a standstill in nearly 30 years of practice. "There is no maneuverability," he said. "It's as if we have no court at all."

http://news.yahoo.com/immigrants-could-wait-until-2019-cases-resolved-155858174.html

This will certainly cause some gnashing of teeth around here.

[asisflyer 47]

It's an Administrative Court ! Administrative judges! EXECUTIVE BRANCH COURT NOT JUDICIAL BRANCH COURT.

Not true Article III judicial proceedings. The decision was made not to let the Federal courts be saturated with immigration claims and hence what you have.

Some lawyers refer to Administrative (executive branch) courts as "Kangaroo".

The President therefore has command of these courts which are NOT PART OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

We should demand a return of Immigration proceeding to true Article III Judicial Courts. There really needs to be a separate branch of Judicial Immigration courts.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's only a kangaroo court if decisions are made on the outcome of individual cases without reference to the facts.

Delaying a case, while inconvenient and awful for the people concerned, doesn't really meet that criteria.