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The Department of Homeland Security will conduct a review of all pending deportation cases around the country to conduct a triage of the courts’ overwhelmed dockets. The review is intended to focus resources on deporting those who have committed serious crimes or pose national security risks.
The review will include six-week pilot projects in the immigration courts in Denver and Baltimore. During the pilot projects, teams of immigration agency lawyers will evaluate each case pending before those courts. Those cases which are not determined to fit with the government’s priorities may be administratively closed but will not be dismissed. The fact that a person’s case is administratively closed will not entitle him to any work permit or any other immigration status. Additionally, the administratively closed deportation case can be reopened in the future at any time the government chooses.
Click here to see the New York Times article on the review of deportation cases.
| Aaron Hall is an associate attorney at the Joseph Law Firm and focuses his practice on immigration law. Aaron contributes to the Immigration Issues blog, where this post originally appeared on November 17, 2011. |
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