No. of Recommendations: 5
Dope1: Here's one way to open the border: just lose the paperwork!
So, what exactly is nefarious about this? This looks like a case that when the number of asylum seekers increases significantly, the system buckles. And that can be traced to a change in the way a Notice to Appear (NTA) is filed.
From your link: However, the frequency increased once Border Patrol agents and other DHS personnel were given access to the Immigration Court’s Interactive Scheduling System (ISS). Using ISS, agents can directly schedule this initial hearing (i.e., a master calendar hearing) at the Immigration Court at the time of issuing an NTA (even though this is before the NTA is filed) rather than waiting for the Court to schedule a hearing.[3] For NTAs issued at the border, the NTA is generally created at the same time that the hearing is scheduled and a copy of the NTA is given to the asylum seeker or other noncitizen with the scheduled hearing date, time, and location listed on the NTA.
DHS’s relatively recent access to the Court’s scheduling system created a new administrative problem: DHS employees could schedule Immigration Court hearings sooner than the agency could file the NTA, and this could have negative consequences for both the Immigration Court and the immigrant respondents themselves.
And how does this benefit asylum seekers? They cannot get work permits and are effectively locked out of the asylum seeking process.
Here's another thing: if this was some genius scam to get around the asylum court, why are there cities in states that are dead-set again asylum doing so poorly at refiling NTAs?
Houston, for example, has a dismissal rate because of "No NTA" of 54% and a "Reissue" rate of 21%. Denver has a dismissal rate because of "No NTA" of 12% and a "Reissue" rate of 55%.
This appears to indicate a system that needs funding and bodies (more judges) to improve efficiency... you know, like the bipartisan immigration bill that Trump and the republicans killed for political reelection purposes.
