Sessions scraps Obama-era immigration practice that closed cases

The Trump administration has decided to do away with a once-common practice that allowed judges to close deportation cases involving people with longstanding ties to the US — and no criminal backgrounds.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the change on Thursday, though it’s been in the works for months.

Reuters reported last June about federal prosecutors moving to put cases back on the docket.

In his announcement, Sessions said that immigration judges “do not have the general authority to suspend indefinitely immigration proceedings by administrative closure.”

The practice that he scrapped — known as “administrative closure” — had been widely used under President Obama as a way to focus on more serious cases and reduce the immigration court backlog. Most of the people who got their cases shelved had children or spouses living in the US and later got permits to work.

Sessions made the decision to scrap the policy on Thursday while issuing a public order for a deportation case involving an unaccompanied minor from Guatemala.

A judge had granted the individual administrative closure, but since immigration courts fall under the jurisdiction of the Justice Department, the AG was able to offer up his ruling.


https://nypost.com/2018/05/17/sessio...-closed-cases/

This is relevant to everyone here doing AOS

well, i guess this is it

So basically if you have a depo order you will no longer have some hope on administrative closure.

He's such a miserable piece of shit.

He is an evil piece of shit.

I'm surprised it took this long.

wow he is not human

Pretty terrible.

Now judges are forced to either terminate proceedings if a benefit is available or remove you as the only options if none is available.

More removals coming. This is ridiculous.