White House reportedly puts thousands of deportation cases on hold
Article CAIRCO note:
"Now, federal officials admit that many immigrants with delayed cases may never report for their court dates"
Article publisher:
FoxNews
Article date:
6 October 2016
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
The Obama adminstration has delayed deportation proceedings against more than 56,000 Central American immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally since 2014, The New York Timesreported Thursday ...
Federal officials told the Times that some deportation cases have been pushed as far back as 2023, creating what one retired immigration judge called "docket chaos."
Some of those whose cases have been delayed failed to report to government offices to be fitted with GPS ankle bracelets, the Times reports. Now, federal officials admit that many immigrants with delayed cases may never report for their court dates ...