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Date Announced
Dec. 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]
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Effective Date of Change
Dec. 6, 2019
Status:
Reported
Type of Action:
Change in Practice
Subject Matter:
Asylum, Withholding and CAT
Border
Humanitarian
Hearings and Adjudications
Prior Policies
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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
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Associated or Derivative Policies