ABA, AILA, FBA, and Immigration Judge Association Call for Independent Immigration Courts

Yesterday, four legal organizations sent a letter to Congress urging them to establish an immigration court system independent from the Justice Department. The letter was signed by presidents of the American Bar Association (ABA), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Federal Bar Association (FBA), and the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ).

“Our current immigration court system cannot meet the standards which justice demands,” the letter states. With a “crisis-level” backlog of nearly 900,000 cases, the letter states that “policies implemented to reduce the backlog have severely undermined the integrity of the immigration court system,” thus creating a greater need for an independent court system.

Download 7-11 joint letter (1)

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