The System Works as Designed

Immigration Law, Courts, and Consequences

The U.S. immigration courts have flown under the radar screen for decades. But decisions made by immigration judges have life-altering outcomes. Both the structure of the courts themselves, and the laws they are charged with implementing, were fashioned on a foundation of racism, power imbalance, and coercive control.

“The System Works As Designed: Immigration Law, Courts, and Consequences” shows how this quasi-judicial structure—filled with legal landmines and subjective standards open to bias, underpinned by political ideology instead of impartiality—is failing the people they purport to protect.

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