The ICE raids to deport ‘millions’ are off for now. But immigration courts still face a challenge.
If U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were to “begin the process of removing millions” of immigrants living in the country without legal permission, it would exacerbate a backlog in the immigration courts, where some people now have to wait for as long as 10 years before their cases are heard, says Northeastern law professor Hemanth Gundavaram.
