DOJ seeks to empower immigration judges to hold lawyers and their clients in contempt
The rule would let immigration judges fine attorneys, clients and witnesses up to $3,500, while exempting Department of Homeland Security lawyers.
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The new rule that would authorize punishments for delays, insistences or "disorderly conduct" seeks to sow fear in the process, according to former judges
DOJ Proposes Rule That Would Let Immigration Judges Hold Lawyers, Witnesses and Migrants in Contempt
Judges would also be able to impose civil fines for repeatedly failing to appear on time, disobeying court orders, making false statements or engaging in disorderly behavior
Los Angeles, United States. President Donald Trump’s government has proposed a new rule that empowers immigration judges to impose civil penalties for contempt of up to $3,500 on immigrants, their lawyers or witnesses, who fail to comply with court orders. Details of the proposal and civil sanctions The regulation proposed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EIRO), which regulates immigration courts, would allow judges, for the first…
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