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PostingsEOIR Announces Dedicated Docket Process for More Expeditious Immigration Hearings
AILA Doc. No. 21060131 | Dated May 27, 2021 | File Size: 332 K
Download the DocumentEOIR issued a memo establishing a dedicated docket to certain individuals in removal proceedings with a focus on the adjudication of family cases as designated by DHS.
This docket will run alongside typical court operations in immigration courts in ten cities: Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. DHS has indicated that it will be placing on the dedicated docket families who crossed the southern border and whom DHS has placed on alternatives to detention. Cases will be identified for this docket as of the effective date of this memorandum.
DHS and DOJ issued press releases on the dedicated docket.
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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 21060131.
Open the DocumentRelated Resources
- TRAC: Immigration Court Struggling to Manage Its Expanding Dedicated Docket of Asylum-Seeking Families - September 13, 2021
- TRAC: 5,000 Immigrants Assigned to Biden Administration's New "Dedicated Docket" for Asylum Seeking Families - August 17, 2021
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