# Parsing Immigration Policy: Immigration Courts and Judges: Understanding the System Behind America’s Immigration Crisis

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Published: 2026-07-16T16:42:54+00:00
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Immigration courts are frequently in the headlines, with stories about massive backlogs, judicial turnover, and widely varying asylum approval rates. But how does the immigration court system actually work, and why has it become one of the biggest bottlenecks in immigration enforcement? In the latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies’ Parsing Immigration Policy […]

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