Immigration lawyers in Chicago say constant shifts in federal immigration policy, soaring bond amounts, and a remade Board of Immigration Appeals are making it difficult to navigate the changing legal landscape in Trump’s second term.
Immigration judges have always been Justice Department employees, not independent arbiters. That’s why the second Trump administration has been able to reshape the courts with little resistance.
The story of a Venezuelan asylum seeker facing a third-country deportation order from a Chicago judge.
In Chicago, people looking for assistance with immigration paperwork have the chance of being taken advantage of by notario públicos.
Navigating immigration court is complicated and people before the court, known as respondents, often fall through the cracks.
In Chicago’s immigration court hundreds of immigrants go through proceedings that will determine whether they will be able to stay in the U.S.
