Already Facing a Backlog, Sessions Aims to Add 350,000 Cases to Immigration Courts

In a rare move, Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently referred an immigration case to himself, invoking a federal statute that allows attorneys general to reconsider cases decided by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which hears appeals from immigration courts nationwide. Sessions referred the case to himself after an immigration judge recently closed the administrative proceedings … Continue reading Already Facing a Backlog, Sessions Aims to Add 350,000 Cases to Immigration Courts