Charlotte’s Immigration Court has a backlog of nearly 146,000 cases and an average wait time of more than 500 days.

The class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleges the policy is a “draconian” interpretation of federal law.

It can take years for a case to work its way through immigration court in Connecticut. The blame, experts say, lies with ...

The Trump administration fired five judges from federal immigration courts in Texas, according to a union representing them, raising concerns that existing case backlogs will worsen and the ...

The mass exodus of more than 100 immigration officials since Trump's inauguration could undermine his pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, critics warn.

We share reporting tips from an expert attorney, an immigration researcher, and a prizewinning journalist who cover ...

The five are among 28 employees of the U.S. Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review who have been removed in recent weeks, according to the union. There are about 700 ...

Yurliana Andreina Chacin Gómez gripped her cellphone, her three-year old daughter clinging on, as the voice of a federal ...

She was set to join the ranks of the 735 or so immigration judges with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Department of Justice’s branch running the US immigration courts.

A total of 85 employees, including 18 judges, at the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review accepted the government’s deferred resignation offer or early retirement.

The Justice Department has in recent weeks removed multiple judges and officials within the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the office within DOJ that oversees the immigration courts.