Exclusive: Under Trump, prosecutors fight reprieves for people facing deportation

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March 29, 2018 / 6:10 AM / 3 days ago
Exclusive: Under Trump, prosecutors fight reprieves for people facing deportation
Reade Levinson



NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration has sharply curtailed a once-common practice of granting long-term reprieves to immigrants targeted for deportation, a Reuters analysis of court records shows, adding to an already huge backlog of cases in U.S. immigration courts.

The trend underscores how the Trump administration’s broad crackdown on illegal immigration has sometimes had unintended consequences. Attorney-General Jeff Sessions had vowed to reduce that case backlog, but the government’s aggressive opposition to reprieves has caused the opposite to happen.

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