At a mandatory training, US judges were told to reduce time given to people awaiting visas or green cards before being deported.
He denied over 80% of asylum cases for much of the time that he was on the bench in immigration court before moving on to other roles, the report said.
Though there is a huge backlog, the judges were told during the training that immigration attorneys risk punitive measures for accepting what are deemed too many cases. “Where a practitioner takes on more cases than he or she can responsibly and professionally handle,” one of the slides read, “it may be appropriate for an Immigration Judge to consider referral to EOIR disciplinary counsel for further action and possible sanction for a violation. ” The virtual training session was led by a veteran immigration judge, Keith Hunsucker, of the Board of immigration appeals, the immigration courts’ appellate branch. The training was apparently meant to reduce the immigration court backlog and they were taught that some continuances are sought solely for the purpose of delay and persons illegally present in the United States who wish to remain have a substantial incentive to prolong litigation so they may avoid deportation as long as possible.