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LGBTQ migrants traveling with the migrant caravan. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

November 30, 2018

LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to ‘prove’ their gender or sexual identity at US border

Stefan Vogler, University of California, Irvine

Before the courts, LGBTQ asylum-seekers have historically had to face bias and ignorance about gender identity and sexuality. Has anything changed?

Immigrant children separated from their parents who were detained at the U.S.-Mexico border arrive at a foster care facility in East Harlem on June 22. Rainmaker Photo/MediaPunch /IPX

June 25, 2018

For many immigrant families, the fight for reunification is just beginning

Marcia Zug, University of South Carolina

History shows that the US court system isn’t sympathetic to undocumented migrants when it comes to parental rights.

Immigration proceedings look a lot like criminal trials, with immigrants often brought in handcuffed. Reuters/Reade Levinson

June 25, 2018

How immigration court works

Fatma Marouf, Texas A&M University

The attorney general can decide immigration cases because immigration courts are part of the DOJ, not the judiciary. This congested system has 345,000 open cases. Most will likely end in deportation.

A man has his fingerprints scanned by a U.S. Border Patrol agent while others wait their turn. Reuters/Jeff Topping

April 17, 2017

Is the US immigration court system broken?

Lindsay M. Harris, University of the District of Columbia

The system is backlogged and inefficient. Trump’s commitment to strict immigration enforcement will likely make the problem worse.

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