SF Immigration Court's Looming Closure Raises Concerns About Path to Asylum | KQED
Court backlogs and reduced judges strain immigration cases while ICE and DOJ tactics lead to arrests, missed hearings, dismissals, and coerced asylum cooperation agreements.
S.F. has largest backlog of immigration cases in California. Here's why.
San Francisco's immigration court has over 120,000 pending cases, the largest in California, causing average waits of about 914 days and hearings scheduled into 2029.
Backlogged cases in Florida reflect crippled federal immigration court system
Florida leads the nation in immigration court backlogs and in local detention agreements, straining due process amid aggressive state-led deportation efforts.