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#immigration court

The U.S. immigration court system, housed within the DOJ rather than the independent judiciary. Incidents involve due process violations in immigration proceedings, including mass hearings, denial of counsel, and politically motivated rulings.

2 incidents

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.

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Deportation Traps at Immigration Court Hearings and Systematic Denial of Due Process

ICE turned mandatory immigration court hearings into arrest traps, coordinating in real time with government attorneys to arrest immigrants whose cases were dismissed. Record-setting asylum denials, in absentia orders tripling to 50,000, and 'rocket dockets' processing cases too fast for legal representation destroyed systematic access to due process.