A new study by Appleseed, a non-profit organization focused on reforming the American justice system, highlights the extent to which misguided deportation-only strategies have led to a breakdown in our immigration court system. The study, based on interviews with more than one hundred practitioners, academics, and government officials, found that America’s immigration courts are overwhelmed by the number of cases flooding the system.The Appleseed report is a reminder that reform of our immigration system requires a systematic overhaul of both our laws and how we implement them. Many of the proposed solutions in the report go to increasing the resources, training, and practices followed in immigration court. Read more at ImmigrationImpact.com. (June 15, 2006)
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