Immigration court in TN can't keep up with caseload
Submitted by Teresa Mozur on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 22:01
THE TENNESSEAN - Mario Ramos had heard stories. But last month, he finally saw for himself.
“It really looked like there were 1,000 people in that ICE line,” said Ramos, a Nashville immigration lawyer. “And those are just the people in Nashville who are on the wait list for an immigration court date to be set.”
The immigration court has such a heavy caseload that hundreds of people recommended for deportation haven’t even been given a court date yet. They line up monthly at local immigration offices, where suspected illegal immigrants are asked to check in until a court date can be set.
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