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AG revives immigration judges' power to postpone deportation cases

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Garland on Thursday overruled a decision by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that judges could not put those cases on hold. Immigration judges said the practice helped them manage their dockets more efficiently by letting them focus on priority cases. Critics of the practice said judges too often let people stay in the country longer than they should in a sort of legal purgatory.

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Reuters

AG revives immigration judges' power to postpone deportation cases

By Daniel Wiessner - Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a ruling on Thursday restoring the ability of immigration judges to postpone deportation cases while awaiting rulings in related proceedings, which had been eliminated by Trump-era AG Jeff Sessions. Garland in a four-page opinion https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1412451/download said Sessions' 2018 ruling in Matter of

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Garland lets immigration judges put off deportation cases

Attorney General Merrick Garland has tossed out a Trump administration policy that barred immigration judges from temporarily shelving some deportation cases. Garland on Thursday overruled a decision by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that judges could not put those cases on hold — a practice known as administrative closure.

3 years ago·United States

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CNN

Attorney General Garland restores discretion for immigration judges that was stripped under Trump

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a ruling Thursday restoring discretion to immigration judges by allowing them to administratively close cases, a move that could prove significant in chipping away at the more than million case backlog facing immigration courts.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KVIA

Attorney General Garland restores discretion for immigration judges that was stripped under Trump

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNNAttorney General Merrick Garland issued a ruling Thursday restoring discretion to immigration judges by allowing them to administratively close cases, a move that could prove significant in chipping away at the more than million case backlog facing immigration courts.Thursday’s ruling would allow immigration judges to put cases on hold or remove them from the active docket, if appropriate — an authority that was stripped…

3 years ago·Panama City, United States

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The Hill

Garland strikes down Trump-era immigration court rule, empowering judges to pause cases

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday overturned an immigration court decision from predecessor Jeff Sessions that barred judges from essentially pausing low priority cases and removing them from a docket ami

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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UPI

Merrick Garland restores immigration judges' ability to pause deportation cases

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday reversed a Trump-era order preventing immigration judges from administratively closing low-priority cases.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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