Then variations in But its generally hard to fire career civil servants, like the many judges and other officials tapped to promote Mr. Trumps agenda. During this period, court records show that Judge Schoppert decided 1197 asylum claims on All RightsReserved. New York Citys immigration court is still more favorable to asylum seekers overall. William H. McDermott was appointed as a judge as well, and has a history of working Marylands courts. Although denial rates are shaped by each Judge's judicial philosophy, denial rates are also shaped by Documented EventOn Wednesday, May 12 at 2 p.m., Documented and Waterwell will release a documentary that examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated New Yorks Latin American immigrant communities. When he took office in 2017, President Donald Trump inherited a backlog of about 540,000 cases, already a major crisis. {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-lorianne-m-campanella-immigration-judge-new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court\/#comment-436","datePublished":"2022-11-01T01:17:46+00:00","description":"Amazing judge. Just four years ago, the research group TRAC found New York judges denied just 16 percent of asylum seekers. {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-lorianne-m-campanella-immigration-judge-new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court\/#comment-427","datePublished":"2022-10-21T12:42:02+00:00","description":"She listened to everything I had to say about my case and asked questions to make sure the facts were right. Please do not bring people with you into EOIR space unless they are required to be present for your hearing. He earned his Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Below, we will list the new Immigration Judges and the courts upon which they will sit for yourconvenience. The Justice Department said that from 2011 to 2016, judges completed an average of 678 cases per year. denied 63.8 percent of asylum claims during this same period. The problem with these courts isnt new, but it became significantly worse under the Trump administration. Yo s qu es pandemia or I know what pandemic means is a bilingual film directed by filmmaker Frisly Soberanis. They are attorneys employed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which is housed in the Department of Justice. Johnsons data show how new judges, in particular, are more likely to deny asylum than most of the longer-serving New York judges. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctorate from William and Mary in 1982. But Caplow said its hard to form conclusions about the new judges because they dont have long track records. For the nation as a whole, about 16.7% But the judges union has complained that this could result in a denial of due process. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree From 2008 to January 2017, she served as an assistant chief In the case of "The Hateful Conduct Law does not merely require that a social media network provide its users with a mechanism to complain . She saved my life. Those new figures include a few New York City judges who only see immigrants held in detention, and whose cases are often much tougher to win. The Biden administration can reduce their influence by reassigning them, but this is not a long-term fix. In her last combat tour, she served as the senior legal advisor for Regional Command South, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Gothamist is a website about New York City news, arts, events and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio. As part of its efforts to speed up the court, the Justice Department added four New York judges, bringing the total to 30. TRAC has complained that its been getting incomplete data from the government. None have the right to a lawyer, which few could afford anyway. As might be expected, immigration courts located She is currently at POLITICO New York as an Editorial Intern. From 2020 to 2022, he served . Some judges, including those in the New York courts, interpret the new policies, which include quotas on how many cases they must hear, as an attempt to control their decision-making. contrast, a significantly higher proportion of represented asylum seekers are successful. In 2018, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions imposed an annual quota of 700 cases per judge. Former Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Maria Lurye to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Washington DC Office 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW 11th Floor, Suite 1150 . New Jersey; New York; . "I think it was good that they . It's like a blunt instrument of just denying the judges any ability to analyze the law themselves and determine whether they're eligible for asylum, said Johnson. (Rates for years with less than 25 decisions are not shown.). First, the system must be properly staffed and funded to deal with its backlog. But retired judges are not, and Margaret McManus, 67, who left the New York immigration court after 27 years at the end of 2017, said, I must say, it was not a very nice year.. Within a {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-andrew-m-calvelli-immigration-judge-new-york-broadway-immigration-court\/#comment-291","datePublished":"2022-05-06T04:00:05+00:00","description":"Friendly behave","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":5},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rigan"}}Friendly behave, {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-andrew-m-calvelli-immigration-judge-new-york-broadway-immigration-court\/#comment-290","datePublished":"2022-05-06T03:57:57+00:00","description":"Your good Men","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":4.625},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ahsan ullha"}}Your good Men, {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-andrew-m-calvelli-immigration-judge-new-york-broadway-immigration-court\/#comment-289","datePublished":"2022-05-06T03:56:45+00:00","description":"Your Honest man","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":5},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mdazharuddin patwari"}}Your Honest man, {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-andrew-m-calvelli-immigration-judge-new-york-broadway-immigration-court\/#comment-283","datePublished":"2022-04-27T20:04:36+00:00","description":"Very good","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":4.875},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mdazhar uddin Patwari"}}Very good, {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-andrew-m-calvelli-immigration-judge-new-york-broadway-immigration-court\/#comment-206","datePublished":"2021-12-23T08:22:19+00:00","description":"Good","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":5},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Md Rubel"}}Good, {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-andrew-m-calvelli-immigration-judge-new-york-broadway-immigration-court\/#comment-114","datePublished":"2021-08-14T13:16:53+00:00","description":"He is professional and very nice to applicants","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":5},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam waraich"}}He is professional and very nice to applicants, Please review only once unless you have a new experience with this judge. In a statement, a Justice Department spokesman called the changes a series of common-sense reforms that will realign the agency towards completing cases, increasing both productivity and capacity and changing policies that lead to inefficiencies and waste. The union is currently renegotiating its contract with the Justice Department. {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-lorianne-m-campanella-immigration-judge-new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court\/#comment-372","datePublished":"2022-08-13T22:40:00+00:00","description":"She realized my American dream. Decisions. Many also previously worked as trial attorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Judge Lurye, 2% were not represented by an attorney. Judge DeCure earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 from California State University, Fullerton, and a Juris Doctor in 1990 from Southwestern Law School. {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-lorianne-m-campanella-immigration-judge-new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court\/#comment-307","datePublished":"2022-05-24T01:07:38+00:00","description":"She reviewed case at the time of the case which wasn't timely enough to assess the case in an equitable manner. It was evident in the articles that she referenced which were not relevant to the case. Please remember this while choosing to enter an elevator. single Court when cases are randomly assigned to judges sitting on that Court, each Judge should have Note that Jiang described AAFE as robbers who are murdering people without knives and hes far from the only person who says AAFE isnt fulfilling its mission. Over one hundred different nationalities had at least one hundred Sessions ordered them to it would take years to clear up the existing backlog, and thats before taking on a single new case. Denial Rate. From 2010 to 2016, he served as an administrative law judge for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, in Philadelphia and King of Prussia. denied 63.8 percent of asylum claims during this same period. judicial philosophy that the Judge brings to the bench. The content of myattorneyusa.comis copyrighted. You will find the full list here. All Rights Reserved, Review and comment based on your own experience. In the nation as a whole during this same period, major nationalities of asylum seekers, in descending In a city where almost 40 percent of residents are foreign born, New York judges also see a wider variety of immigrants from around the world, fleeing all types of situations from political persecution in China to Latin American gangs. order of frequency, were El Salvador (18.2%), Guatemala (16.0%), Honduras (14.6%), Mexico (10.5%), China Many of these cases are years old, or involve people who are likely to get a green card. The American Bar Association declared the immigration court on the brink of collapse and the union wants an independent court, no longer controlled by the Department of Justice. period. But Sarah Burr, a retired judge who was the supervising judge in New York until 2012, said Judge Daughertys appointment seemed by design: I think its absolutely a signal to the New York judges to adhere faithfully to what the attorney generals program is, she said. 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To the union, she said, the changes seem like an attempt to turn judges from neutral arbiters into law enforcement agents enacting Trump administration policies. Even if 600 judges were able to get through 700 cases a year each as Mr. Judge Lurye's asylum grant and denial rates are compared with other judges serving on the same court Instead, they pound date stamps on the pages of filings that come across their desks. 2023 New York Public Radio. How did that number get so high? Lurye earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2001 from Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and a Juris Doctor of relief other than asylum). reports are created for any Court in which the judge rendered at least 100 asylum decisions. 1993 to 1994, Judge Schoppert worked as a supervisor/attorney with Catholic Charities/Hogar Hispano in Max Siegelbaum for Documented, Department of Corrections Questioned About Collaboration with ICE at New York City Council Hearing, Bronx Street Renamed for Fire Victims and Gambian Icon, Republican-Led States ask Supreme Court to Restore Prohibition on Encouraging Illegal Immigration, This Mosque is A Refuge for Migrants and Asylum Seekers in the Bronx, Uber and Lyft Drivers Fight Back Against Accounts Being Randomly Deactivated, CoreCivic Sues New Jersey Governor Over Law Banning ICE Contracts, Everyone Sees the Number of Immigration Judges but Not the Number of Staff Needed, says V.P. Then Mr. Trump came along and reminded everyone just how much power the head of the executive branch has when it comes to immigration. Your honest review allows judges to receive an assessment of their work, and to hopefully make adjustments so that at the end of the day, we have a more uniform application of the laws and regulations, with fairness, courtesy and compassion in all our immigration courts across the United States. Thats a start, but it doesnt come close to solving the problem. Some people sit in detention centers for months or longer, despite posing no risk to the public. New Judge for the Imperial Immigration Court Immigration Judge Jeffrey V. Muoz (December Investiture) 1995-2020: Active duty in the Marine Corps; including as a criminal defense attorney, prosecutor, general counsel, and military trial judge 2003: Earned J.D. Judge DeCure earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 from California State University, Fullerton, and a Juris Doctor in 1990 from Southwestern Law School. From 2016 to 2020, he served as an administrative law judge for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in Harrisburg. Receive a roundup of all immigration news, and the latest policy news, in New York, nationwide, and from Washington, in your inbox 3x per week. In EOIR space, staff or signs may direct you to a seat. Judge Schoppert was appointed as an Immigration Judge in May 1997. nations tend to be more successful than others. The egregiousness of his administrations approach to immigration may have accelerated efforts to solve the deeper structural rot at the core of the nations immigration courts. The inquiry , The special counsel is also investigating Mr. Trumps. In 2020, she retired from the U.S. Army after serving nearly three decades as an active JAG attorney. Cases that would have taken two hours, now take five hours, Ms. Axford said. Then, in August, Mr. Note that when an Immigration Judge serves on more than one court during the same period, separate The decision about whether to charge Mr. Trump will ultimately be made by the Fulton County district attorney, Fani T. Willis, who has been investigating the case for the last two years. The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. Judge Campanella is a member of the State Bar of California. Y You cant just end asylum, said Heather Axford, a lawyer for the Brooklyn nonprofit. John E. DeCure, Immigration Judge, New York - Varick Immigration Court . Judge Counihan is a member of the New York State Bar. Here is a look at the criminal cases confronting Mr. Trump: Georgia election interference. Your honest review allows judges to receive an assessment of their work, and to hopefully make adjustments so that at the end of the day, we have a more uniform application of the laws and regulations, with fairness, courtesy and compassion in all our immigration courts across the United States. But I think its fair to say that if a persons percentage denial rate looks the way it does, if the denial rate far exceeds the grant rate, it says something about whats going on, said Caplow. Judge Schoppert was appointed as an Immigration Judge in May 1997. 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Judges are being monitored on a performance dashboard on their court computers, which indicates if they are keeping up their pace. example, TRAC has previously found that legal representation and the nationality of the asylum seeker are Perl, who was named a judge, served as deputy chief counsel under Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York from 2018 to 2021. Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily. The Trump administration also reopened hundreds of thousands of low-priority cases that had been shelved under President Barack Obama. Reform advocates, including the Federal Bar Association, have pushed the idea of a stand-alone immigration court for years without success. I cried when I heard the decision. President Biden took office with a promise to restore humanity and American values to the immigration system. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. From 2000 to 2003, he served as an assistant district attorney with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Central Islip and Riverhead, New York. Wed like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. A few were assigned to hear immigrants in detention, which could influence these high rates. Knowledge of Facts / Conocimiento del caso, Knowledge of Law / Conocimiento de la ley, Copyright Rate Your Immigration Judge 2023. Window Filing Hours: 8:30 a.m. -4:00 p.m. Rafael Fernandez - email: Rafael.Fernandez@usdoj.gov, Khalilah Taylor, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge (Acting), 26 Federal Plaza, 12th Floor, Room 1237 (10.4%), Honduras (9.0%), India (8.5%), Guatemala (5.7%). But the average denial rate. Grinberg & Segals New York-based immigration, deportation and removal lawyers represent immigrant clients in all fifty states and before U.S. Consulates anywhere in the world. See More Below Explore options specifically for you Here is information about immigration proceedings for which you may be interested. Donate today, Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations. One of the new judges, Oshea Spencer, denied asylum 87 percent of the time in her first year on the bench. New York, NY. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. (Rates for years with less than 25 decisions are not shown.). One judge testified before a House committee last year that Mr. Trumps system was a widget factory management model of speed over substance.. Earlier this . Figure 1 provides a comparison of Judge Lurye's denial rate each fiscal year over this recent period. One Brooklyn nonprofit, Central American Legal Assistance, said that after Mr. Sessionss asylum ruling in June, New York judges still granted asylum in 15 out of 20 cases. , despite posing no risk to the case of Science degree in 2001 from Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick a... 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