JUSTICE DELAYED (AGAIN)! SOLUTIONS TO THE CROWDED IMMIGRATION COURT DOCKET

Recently, the San Antonio Immigration Court announced the cancellation of its non-detained docket for September, the third consecutive month, and it may be cancelled in October too. The cancellations will result in delaying hundreds of immigrants’ cases, many with strong claims to remain here, for years. While they wait for their hearing, they cannot travel abroad, in some circumstances will not be able to obtain permission to work or drive, and will live with the anxiety of potentially being ordered deported. The reasons for the cancellations is an influx of unaccompanied minors arriving in Texas and the government’s policy of ... Read more