Updated March 26, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
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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 …