Report Release: Reimagining the Immigration Court Assembly Line

The Obama administration has made progress in improving the U.S. immigration court system, but much remains to be done, according to Reimagining the Immigration Court Assembly Line, a report by public interest justice centers Appleseed and Chicago Appleseed with pro bono counsel Akin Gump Strauss Ha...
May 31, 2012

Serving the Needs of Both Immigration Courts and the People Appearing in Them

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice has signed on to a letter to Congress (.pdf) supporting expansion of the Legal Orientation Program established by the Executive Office for Immigration at the Department of Justice in 2002.  The LOP provides funding to state and local organizations that work with de...
March 28, 2012

Links of Interest

What We Read, October 24-28, 2011 Criminal Justice Court Reform: Special Rapporteur Juan Méndez  addressed the announced that U.N. General Assembly in New York,  discussing how solitary confinement violates the United Nations Convention against Torture. A link to his full report is available here...
October 28, 2011

Links of Interest

What We Read, June 20-24, 2011 Immigration Reform: The US has modified its Immigration policy by raising the immigration threshold and shifting its deportation focus to immigrants who are charged with serious crimes. This switch is consistent with Chicago Appleseed and Appleseed's recommendations...
June 24, 2011

Immigration Court Reform Serves Everyone’s Interests

This article originally appeared at the Huffington Post. "These are death penalty cases being handled with the resources of traffic court,” one Immigration Court judge told Chicago Appleseed, in an interview for a 2009 report. A recent two-part Associated Press report on immigration court also cap...
May 31, 2011