Legal
Times
The court of last
resort for many immigrants is about to undergo a radical transformation
that lawyers say will result in more deportations and fewer grants
of asylum.
According to new regulations recently announced
by Attorney General John Ashcroft, the jobs of eight of the 19
members of the Board of Immigration Appeals will be slashed,
and the board must eliminate its entire backlog of cases by next
March. Speculation is already swirling about who will be ousted.
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 The Board of Immigration Appeals was a special target
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John Ashcroft - File Photo |
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