The US has opened a new immigration court: it will significantly speed up the processing of asylum cases

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strong>The Biden administration said May 16 that new expedited immigration court processing will cut the time it takes to decide asylum claims, with some single applicants getting decisions in months rather than years, according to APNews.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">Migrants, settled in five cities (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York) will be placed on the “recent arrivals list.” Judges will rule on their applications within 180 days, compared to the current four years.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">The Justice Department has assigned 10 judges to the job. Authorities said they did not know how many cases they would hear, making it difficult to assess the potential impact.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">"This administrative action does not replace the sweeping and much-needed changes that the Senate's bipartisan legislation would make. We will do everything we can now to best enforce the law and deter illegal immigration," said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">Authorities said the five cities were chosen because judges there had access to hear cases and because they were popular destinations for migrants.

Attempts to solve the timing problem

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span style="font-weight: 400;">Asylum seekers are eligible for work permits for six months after arrival, which critics say is an incentive for migrants to come to the U.S. even if they have no basis for doing so. The longer they stay in the U.S. and have family or community ties, the more opposition there is to sending them back to their home countries.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">The administration has for years tried to move as many new arrivals as possible into the asylum queue, which would help deport unsuitable applicants in months rather than years. The Obama and Trump administrations have tried to speed up some cases since 2014.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2021, the Biden administration introduced a “special list” in 10 cities for families seeking asylum. Their cases were supposed to be heard in court within 300 days.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2022, the Biden administration unveiled a plan that would have asylum officers, rather than immigration judges, decide a limited number of family cases in nine cities.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt Biggs, a spokesman for the immigration employment judges, said he was looking forward to learning the extent of the latest efforts and how they would impact the caseload.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">He noted that this could undermine the right to a fair trial.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">"I hope the Biden administration has learned from its past mistakes," Biggs said.

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span style="font-weight: 400;">The backlog of cases in immigration courts has grown to 3,6 million. It should be noted that there are about 68 judges in 600 courts, and the new plan will not include money to increase the number of judges.

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