The Department of Justice issued a press release Wednesday claiming 2700 additional immigration cases have been resolved due to the administration’s “surge” of immigration judges to the southern border districts.
The release represents a progress report on efforts made under executive order 13767 to bring under control the nation’s massive immigration case backlog, estimated at well over half a million. Under the authority of that order, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered 25 immigration judges around the country to serve on details at detention centers along the southern border.
According to the release, the detailing resulted in 2700 more cases…
