Backlog of Immigration Cases in Federal Courts Lead to Bad Decion-Making

Judges and lawyers handling immigration appeals say the increasing workload is resulting in hastily decided, poorly advocated cases. 

The nation’s 223 federal immigration judges handled 334,607 cases in the past fiscal year, up from 254,515 in 2000, when there were 206 immigration judges, according to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a Justice Department agency that oversees immigration issues.The appeal rate of deportation cases to federal courts has risen from 8 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2007, according to the Executive Office for Immigration Review.  For the full story, click here.

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