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Accelerated immigration court proceedings designed to process cases at extreme speed, sacrificing due process protections including adequate time for legal representation, evidence gathering, and meaningful hearings.

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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 …

  • Two-thirds (66.25%) of all Somali noncitizens with open immigration court cases were scheduled for hearings with new judges on short notice, …
  • Hearings are conducted entirely remotely, with immigrants in Minnesota while judges and government attorneys are in other states. Observers …

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, …

  • ICE agents arrested immigrants at mandatory immigration court hearings, using case dismissals as triggers for arrest in a coordinated …
  • Government attorneys and ICE officers coordinated in real time, with agents in hallways waiting to identify and arrest individuals whose …