…parties before a hearing, asking their positions on administrative closure. If the parties agree to administrative closure ahead of time, the judge can then order the case administratively closed without…
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…administrative closure, case completions suddenly went up—even though the same number of cases were ending each year. As TRAC’s report shows, administrative closure remains a vital tool to protecting immigrants…
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…“recalendar” the case. Until 2018, IJs and the BIA used administrative closure to pause proceedings for a range of reasons. Administrative closure allowed noncitizens to pursue legal status that could…
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…should be administratively closed in order to reduce the courts’ backlogs. Others argue that ending administrative closure will harm vulnerable populations, including children and individuals of limited competency. Many of…
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…Cases Deemed Eligible for Administrative Closure Percentage of Cases Deemed Eligible for Administrative Closure Pre-March 5 165,471 13,190 7.97% March 5 to April 16 54,083 3,354 6.20% April 16 to…
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…could alter the outcome of immigration proceedings. Without administrative closure, an immigrant might be prematurely and unlawfully deported. By some estimates, there are roughly 350,000 cases currently administratively closed. If…
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…Trump administration’s multiple attempts to end administrative closure show the importance of issuing this proposed rule. Protecting administrative closure through a regulation is a welcome move to reinforce due process…
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…that Sessions referred to himself, Matter of Castro-Tum, was administratively closed by an immigration judge. Administrative closure is an important mechanism that helps overburdened immigration judges control their caseloads by…
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…(or 6.4%) as provisionally eligible for “administrative closure.” (Note: administrative closure results in the removal of a case from an immigration court’s docket, although it may be reactivated at any…
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…closure. Of those, only 4,400 immigrants accepted said offer. Furthermore, DHS has deemed just 7.2% of cases eligible for administrative closure, a number that keeps dropping with each review period…
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