immigration bond court Archives - Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

“Haste Makes Waste” in Courtrooms Too: Balancing Quality with Quantity in Response to the Immigration Backlog

Since 2017, the backlog of pending immigration cases in the United States has been growing exponentially. Today, there are over two million pending cases in the U.S. immigration court system. Over the past few months, the situation has significantly worsened, with a record-breaking number of new dep...

Issues with Interpretation, Video-Teleconferencing, and more in Chicago’s Immigration Bond Court

In recent years, advocacy groups, including Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers (Council), have turned their attention towards criminal money bond reforms with much success. Now, Chicago Appleseed and the Council have also begun to focus on reform efforts in the immigration bond pro...

Immigration Bond Court

In our continued efforts to improve the immigration courts, Chicago Appleseed, engages with and supports legal organizations nationwide concerned with improving outcomes in the immigration courts. As immigration law and immigration policy take on a new urgency, many attorneys find themselves wanting...