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May 24, 2022

Justice Department sees ‘gamesmanship’ in latest immigration clash with Texas
By Suzanne Monyak


Currently, individuals who request asylum or other protection receive an initial evaluation from an asylum officer, but then must fight their cases in immigration court, where they could wait years for final decisions. According to a Syracuse University research center, the immigration court backlog has stretched past 1.8 million cases.


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