Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition: BREAKING: Attorneys Advocate for Better Due Process in Response to Immigration Judges Making Conveyor-Belt Deportation Decisions

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition and pro bono counsel O’Melveny & Myers LLP, along with more than 50 partner organizations, have submitted a letter calling for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to reform its policies over the use of “form addenda,” which are standardized summaries of immigration law not specific to any noncitizen’s case. The letter asks the EOIR to make changes to the policies that include increased training on addenda usage for immigration judges, making form addenda publicly accessible, and appointing an ombudsman to investigate addenda misuse. 

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