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On the Border of Justice:
Heavy Burdens and Unfair Fights in Immigration Courts

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Far from the heated debate over immigration on the presidential campaign trail, the reality of U.S. policy plays out in immigration courthouses, where lawyers can be hard to come by, detention without a hearing is the norm and the judge you’re assigned can be the difference between deportation or a right to stay. Stories by Batya Ungar-Sargon with City Limits photography by Adi Talwar.

On the Border of Justice

Heavy Burdens and Unfair Fights in Immigration Courts

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 17, 2015

Far from the debate over immigration on the campaign trail, the reality of U.S. policy plays out in immigration courthouses, where lawyers can be hard to come by, detention without a hearing is the norm and the judge you’re assigned can be the difference between deportation or a right to stay.

On the Border of Justice

Immigrants’ Fates Depend on Access to Lawyers

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 17, 2015

Statistics show the whether or not an immigrant is detained during their case, and whether or not they have a lawyer, have enormous bearing on outcomes in immigration court. New York City is leading an effort to make the system more just.

On the Border of Justice

Immigration Court Crisis Weighs on Lawyers, Families

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 17, 2015

The courtrooms where immigration justice plays out in and near New York City are where overtaxed lawyers, desperate families and shackled inmates bear the human weight of a broken system.

On the Border of Justice

Those Seeking Better Life, Agency Pledged to Detect Fraud Clash in Immigration Court

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 18, 2015

In hearings for those seeking asylum, claims of persecution must be evaluated by judges and ICE with little evidence to go on, and a byzantine system of laws to guide the way.

On the Border of Justice

Asylum Hearings Decide Whose Danger Makes Them Deserving

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 18, 2015

Applying an antiquated law, often with little evidence to go on, immigration judges must determine not whether or not someone is afraid to go back home, but whether their fear fits into the framework of U.S. asylum policy.

On the Border of Justice

Surviving Immigration Court: A Video Discussion

Jarrett Murphy | December 21, 2015

Watch a lawyer, a woman who spent six months in immigration detention and a City Limits reporter discuss the court system that decides who gets to stay in the U.S. and who doesn’t.

On the Border of Justice

What is Life Like in Immigration Detention?

Jarrett Murphy | December 30, 2015

Reporter Batya Ungar-Sargon, immigration lawyer Talia Peleg and professional signer (and one-time immigration detainee) Nnecka Ifemesia appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the City Limits series “On the Border of Justice.”

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