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Original Date Announced
December 6, 2019CNN reports that EOIR will expand the number of immigration judges conducting hearings by video teleconference, in makeshift courts for migrants seeking asylum in the United States who have been returned to Mexico until their court date. [ID #120]
More Border Cases To Be Heard by Secret Immigration CourtsEffective Date
December 6, 2019Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Humanitarian Asylum, Withholding and CAT Border Hearings and AdjudicationsAssociated or Derivative Policies
Pre Trump-Era Policies
- October 29, 2018 According to the CNN report, there were 19 judges from three separate immigration courts in Texas hearing cases remotely in mid-September, including in Brownsville and Laredo. Prior to MPP, an asylum seeker at the border, upon demonstrating a credible fear of persecution, was permitted to wait in the U.S. pending their removal hearing and asylum adjudication. 8 U.S.C. § 1158 - Asylum