EOIR creates 72-hour deportation dockets that raise due-process concerns

The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced a new expedited docket system requiring immigration judges to resolve certain cases within 72 hours of a migrant's apprehension, a dramatic compression of the standard timeline. Immigration attorneys and the American Immigration Lawyers Association immediately warned that the timelines made meaningful legal representation practically impossible. Federal judges in at least three districts issued emergency stays within the first week.