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Mega-Masters Explained: How Trump's Immigration Courts are Manufacturing Deportations
The Trump administration rolled out a new tactic to generate removal orders: piling well over 100 court cases on short notice into impossibly crowded…
Jul 30
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Inside the Black Box of Detained Immigration Courts: A Conversation with Prof Rebecca Galemba and the DU Courtwatch Team
Rebecca Galemba and her University of Denver students on observing and documenting detained immigration hearings at the Aurora ICE facility, and what…
Jul 29
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New Details about Mega-Masters Help Tell the Inside Story of Mass Deportation Hearings
Latest immigration court data and qualitative research reveal much more about mega-masters hearings designed to generate large numbers of deportations…
Jul 28
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What Really Happens Inside Aurora's Detained Immigration Court? A Live Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Galemba and Students w/ the DU Court…
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT — Professor Galemba and the DU Court Transparency Project observed 450 hearings at the Aurora ICE immigration court. Join us to…
Jul 22
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Data on "Mega Masters" Show EOIR is Targeting Individual Judges and Courts with a Flood of Hearings
An investigation into mega master hearings finds the EOIR deliberately piling cases onto specific immigration judges & manipulating the docketing system…
Jul 9
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Mega Masters: The Definition Question (Part 3)
How should we define a mega master immigration court hearing? Setting a threshold, a time window, and the rules behind counting 100+ master calendar…
Jun 29
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Docket Politics and the Immigration Courts: Why Mega Masters Are Only New-ish (Part 2)
The Trump administration is forcing over a hundred people to show up in immigration court at once—but manipulating judges' dockets is nothing new. Our…
Jun 25
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Mega Masters: The Data Behind the Latest Scheme to Manufacture Removal Orders (Part 1)
Starting in May, immigration attorneys began reporting that they were arriving at immigration court to find judges’ dockets packed with over 100…
Jun 25
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No, "Deportation Judges" Don't Exist—But That Won't Stop Trump's DOJ from Staffing the Immigration Courts with an Army of Minions
After firing dozens of immigration judges, Trump's DOJ is now recruiting "deportation judges" to rubber stamp removal orders. It will undermine the…
Nov 26, 2025
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ICE and EOIR Data Cut Off During Government Shut Down Just as ‘Mass Detention’ Gets $45B Boost
ICE hasn’t produced crucial detention data in over 45 days despite continuing its aggressive—and sometimes illegal—enforcement rampage during the…
Nov 9, 2025
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AI Comes to Immigration Court: A New EOIR Memo Raises More Questions Than Answers
EOIR Acting Director Sirce Owen says AI is "not prohibited" in immigration court, but the memo signals bigger changes ahead with Trump admin encouraging…
Aug 11, 2025
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LIVE: The Asylum Denial Machine Explained
Watch now | In this Substack Live event, I break down the latest data from the immigration courts, specifically the shocking spike in asylum denials…
Jun 19, 2025
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