Since President Donald Trump returned to office, advocacy groups, court observers and journalists have increasingly been barred from immigration court hearings.
One month, six universities, 62 students, 1,025 proceedings: Scenes from an overstrained immigration system in America.
The cost of immigration enforcement for taxpayers is well known. But far less visible is the private cost borne by immigrants and their families.
A middle-aged man detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with no criminal record, a 15-year history with his local church, and a U.S. citizen wife and children, sat in an Eloy, Arizona, immigration court.
The medical community has dismissed dental X-rays as an unreliable way to determine someone’s age; the government continues to use them.
Attorneys and former judges say Trump administration policies aimed at efficiency risk limiting fairness.
Lives in the Balance brought together six universities to document and observe immigration court hearings..
