Immigration Crackdown: How to fix 'massive crisis' in immigration courts

How to fix 'massive crisis' in immigration courts - San Jose Mercury News: "... this was immigration court, where justice often moves at a glacial pace. Files were lost. Background checks delayed. Hearings scheduled at least 12 times over five years. The woman's lawyers, fearing their fragile client had become suicidal, were so alarmed they appealed to two members of Congress—not to intervene, but to call attention to what they say is a system in desperate need of reform.

Some steps are being taken to fix the courts—federal officials are adding judges, improving training, reducing the influence of politics. But critics say these reforms are too little and long overdue. They follow a flurry of studies, congressional testimony and calls to do something about the crush of cases, complaints about erratic judges and delays that can leave thousands of immigrants in limbo for years."