Judges and Judiciary,
Immigration,
Government,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 28, 2018
Behind closed doors at the 9th Circuit
The Oral Screening Panel is meant to help streamline the court's workload but often results in deportation decisions being made behind closed doors.
Joshua M. Stein
Associate
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Email: jstein@hueston.com
Joshua writes in his personal capacity. The views in this article are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his employer.
Jorge Garcia was only 10 years old when his family brought him to the United States. On Martin Luther King Day 30 years later, the United States deported him. In video images shared widely, the 39-year-old hugged his sobbing wife and two children at the Detroit airport before Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents led him onto a plane headed for Mexico.
Scenes like this play out again and again these days, and they have been play...
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