Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation
Immigration Rocket Dockets: Mass Fast-Tracked Hearings and In Absentia Removal Orders
An accelerated immigration court system that fast-tracks cases through mass remote hearings, with two-thirds of all Somali cases nationwide rescheduled on short notice. The process systematically deprives respondents of due process, as the 2018–19 family rocket dockets showed, when 80% of completed cases ended in in absentia removal orders.