Asylum grant rates, bond, relief and release have dropped to historic lows. Rejection and removal is for the first time the normal outcome of our immigration system, largely dismantling the amnesty pathway courts used to regularly provide. Voluntary Departure has subsequently spiked to the highest levels in our history.

The DHS recently announced intentions to hold lawyers and the migrant clients they represent accountable for being frauds and exploiting our system, which could be a seismic shift in the culture around immigration courts.