JoeB131
Diamond Member
I just pointed out that it was over four years. My question...which you avoided answering...is what makes an illegal who doesn't have a valid claim show up for their trial in two years if they weren't going to show up in four?
Most of them do show up, so that's really not an argument.
11 Years of Government Data Reveal That Immigrants Do Show Up for Court
A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immigrants...
WASHINGTON—A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immigrants attend their immigration court hearings, and those who fail to appear in court often did not receive notice or faced hardship in getting to court.
The main findings of the report include:
- 83% of nondetained immigrants with completed or pending removal cases attended all of their hearings.
- 96% of nondetained immigrants represented by a lawyer attended all of their hearings.
- 15% of those who were ordered deported because they did not appear in court successfully reopened their cases and had their removal orders rescinded. In some years, as many as 20% of all orders of removal for missing court were later overturned.
- Individuals who apply for relief from removal have especially high rates of appearance.
- Appearance rates vary strongly based on the immigration court’s location.
- The Executive Office for Immigration Review’s method for measuring the rate at which immigrants fail to appear in court presents a limited picture of the frequency of missed court appearances.