AG William Barr announces changes to immigration courts
Posted on AllSides August 23rd, 2019
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The Justice Department proposed changes to the immigration court system Friday that would give more power to the agency’s political leadership.
Under the new rules, the director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review would have the power to personally decide the longest-running cases.
The interim rule would also limit the power of EOIR’s general counsel to influence immigration judges’ decisions, a department official said in previewing the new policy for reporters.
EOIR is the agency that hears deportation cases from illegal immigrants nabbed in the interior of the U.S....
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