50 New Immigration Judges on Duty, and 370 More Coming
Additional staff will help the government start to reduce the backlog of court cases, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions
by Brendan Kirby | Updated 15 Nov 2017 at 7:20 AM
The United States is on the verge of reversing an immigration court backlog that has been building for years, Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified Tuesday.
Immigration hawks long have pointed to the backlog, now about 600,000 cases, as a factor in undermining enforcement. Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee that the backlog has barely grown during the past two to three months as a result of 50 additional immigration judges who have started working since President Donald Trump took office.
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