ABA Endorses Full Employment for Immigration Attorneys
The American Bar Association is calling for the establisment of a new immigration court system, which would be a full employment act for immigration attorneys. Immigration judges (who are unionized) are currently administrative hearing officers in the Dept. of Justice. "In the proposal adopted Monday, the bar association argued that immigration courts should be removed from the Department of Justice and set up as independent courts, still within the executive branch, under terms in Article I of the Constitution," the New York Times reports. The ABA issued a report saying that due to more immigration enforcement, a better court system would speed the process.