[opentalk]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/backlogged-immigration-courts-face-deluge-24534558

..Immigration courts in the United States have long been troubled. The courts, overseen by the Department of Justice, have more than 375,000 cases being handled by just 243 judges, according to the agency.

It can take months or years to get hearings for immigrants who aren’t in detention facilities, let alone a resolution. Immigration lawyers said judges are already setting hearings for 2017

[SoConPubbie]

..Immigration courts in the United States have long been troubled. The courts, overseen by the Department of Justice, have more than 375,000 cases being handled by just 243 judges, according to the agency.

It can take months or years to get hearings for immigrants who aren’t in detention facilities, let alone a resolution. Immigration lawyers said judges are already setting hearings for 2017

Sorry, not buying it.

Just another excuse for not solving the problem now, in hopes that they can use them for votes later.

[CitizenUSA]

“It can take months or years to get hearings for immigrants...”

That’s why Congress should attach some serious strings to any funding increase. For example, they should tighten or close the asylum window and require the creation of more immigration courts (on a temporary basis) to speed these hearings. The criteria that must be met to stay here, like political or religious persecution, should be set very high, and the president’s wiggle room on immigration issues should be promptly curtailed. This particular president has proven incapable of following the spirit of the law and instead sees any gray areas as authority to do whatever he pleases.