Go Get ‘Em, Attorney General Gonzales!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/j20immig.html

January 20, 2006 

IMMIGRATION COURT REVIEW ORDERED

Attorney General Questions Quality of Work, Lack of Respect

BY RICHARD ACELLO

The Byzantine process of applying for asylum in the U.S. has taken a new

twist with U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ decision to seek a

“comprehensive review” of the immigration courts.

Appellate judges throughout the federal system have recently leveled a

barrage of criticism at immigration courts for the quality of their work.

The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals launched the latest

salvo Dec. 29 in Pasha v. Gonzales, No. 04-4166.

“At the risk of sounding like a broken record,” Judge Richard Posner wrote

at the beginning of his ruling, “we reiterate our oft-expressed concern with

the adjudication of asylum claims by the Immigration Court and the Board of

Immigration Appeals and with the defense of the BIA’s asylum decisions in

this court by the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation.

.The performance of these federal agencies is too often inadequate.”

Saying “this case has been poorly handled by the government at every stage,”

a three-judge panel of the Chicago-based court reversed a removal order

against Klodiana Pasha of Albania and remanded the case to the BIA.  For more, click on the link.

I wonder if John Ashcroft would have responded in the same way.?

KJ