{"id":22136,"date":"2024-05-14T08:13:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=22136"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:26:16","slug":"tribunal-de-inmigracion-retraso-federal-escasez-de-abogados-recien-llegados-chicago-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/05\/14\/immigration-court-federal-backlog-attorney-shortages-new-arrivals-chicago-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"La vida en el limbo legal: Navegando solo por el Tribunal de Inmigraci\u00f3n de Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2768d8c8f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a pile of documents spread out in front of her, Auscena Rodriguez begins to explain why death awaits her in Honduras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And because she doesn\u2019t have a lawyer and time is not on her side, she will be her own lawyer, she tells a judge in Chicago\u2019s Immigration Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI fear that my life and my children\u2019s lives are in danger so I will present my evidence,\u201d she explains in hurried Spanish.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2768da344\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why doesn\u2019t she have a lawyer? The judge asks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She had a lawyer, but he was \u201cnegligent,\u201d and since she cannot afford another one and can\u2019t leave her job to find a new lawyer, she is on her own, she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is desperate because drug traffickers in La Ceiba, Honduras, where she was a veteran police officer, tried to kill her and her children, and their threats haven\u2019t stopped, she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI received a message that [the gangs] are going to kill my [two] children, but I don\u2019t have a way to bring them here,\u201d she adds, wiping a tear away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before she goes any further, the judge says she will have more time to find another attorney. Outside the courtroom, she vows to find one but admits she is unsure how.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her worry is a common one nowadays in Chicago\u2019s Immigration Court \u2014 a scene that plays out in many other courthouses across the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A scarcity of immigration attorneys for immigrants in Chicago amid a wave of new arrivals has made finding a lawyer an insurmountable task. And the failure to obtain one can mean the difference between starting a new life in the U.S. or joining the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country who live in limbo, forever at risk of deportation. Or, worse yet, returning to the dangers they fled.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chicagos-immigration-court\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago\u2019s Immigration Court<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On the 15th<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> floor of a sleek downtown office building, the Court fills up in the morning with single men and women, mothers and fathers and their children, sitting in a nervous hush. They are mostly Spanish speakers, but they also come from everywhere and speak many dialects and languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the sessions begin, they gather around and try deciphering the information on the flashing digital information boards that tell them which courtroom they should be in.\u00a0 Some study long-printout lists with more up-to-date information on court assignments. These lists show who has attorneys, and usually only a handful do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As hearings begin, there\u2019s the feeling of being in a traffic court rather than anything else, as one immigration judge<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/immigration-judges-decide-who-gets-u-s-they-say-they-n1270460\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remarked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s because preliminary hearings quickly zip by, and immigrants shuffle in and out of the courtrooms, their names and cases tacked on to the court\u2019s growing backlog. But the process can come to a halt if an immigrant says they want to defend themselves and risk their fate. Suddenly, the court is no longer a traffic court but a place where someone\u2019s life can be on the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69da2768dcae4\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-22144\" class=\"post-22144 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-enforcementandcourts category-resources tag-courtexplainer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/05\/14\/chicago-immigration-court-attorney-shortages-resource-guide-backlog\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024.05.09_Court-Explainer-Final-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/05\/14\/chicago-immigration-court-attorney-shortages-resource-guide-backlog\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 Things to Know When Preparing For Immigration Court Without a Lawyer<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/katrina\/\" title=\"View all posts by Katrina Pham\">Katrina Pham<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/05\/14\/chicago-immigration-court-attorney-shortages-resource-guide-backlog\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">mayo 14, 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago\u2019s Immigration Court is one of the nation\u2019s largest courts, handling proceedings for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. It\u2019s where immigration court judges, in most cases, have the final word on whether someone can stay or be deported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting the nationwide trend of courts slammed by the thousands of immigrants arriving at the nation\u2019s borders, the court faces a massive increase in backlogged cases. As of March, the backlog in Illinois had grown to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/phptools\/immigration\/backlog\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">235,200<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 up from 47,462 in 2020, according to TRAC.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2768e08ff\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In most of those cases, people are fighting on their own to stay in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/reports\/736\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one out of four<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> immigrants had a lawyer among the 211,096 persons whose cases were backlogged in Chicago as of Dec. 2023, according to research done by the Transactional Records Analysis Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That put the Chicago court among those with lower rates of representation. In comparison, the rate was 49% in California and 44%in New York state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But having a lawyer can be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/research\/access_to_counsel_in_immigration_court.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">essential<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to navigating the court system \u2014\u00a0from knowing when their court date is, understanding how to update their address, knowing what immigration relief forms they apply for, as well as ultimately having someone to represent them and plead their case in front of the judge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the National Immigration Forum, someone\u2019s chance of winning their asylum case is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrationforum.org\/article\/fact-sheet-u-s-asylum-process\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five times higher<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if they have an attorney to represent them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf people have the information to make informed decisions about what opportunities are available for them under the law, the system works better,\u201d said Lisa Koop, the national director of legal services for the Chicago-based <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrantjustice.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Immigrant Justice Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"band-aids-on-bullet-wounds\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Band-Aids on Bullet Wounds<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On a bench in one<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the crowded waiting rooms, Malick Sai, 28, is leaning forward, talking with a young Haitian couple sitting stiffly waiting for their hearing. An immigrant from Senegal, he is talking in French with the couple, sharing some basic details about how the courts work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is not here for himself, however, but comes every so often with a friend, driving up from Indianapolis, so they can help immigrants, he explains. He is a green card holder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf they don\u2019t have a lawyer, they are condemned,\u201d he whispers in the room, where there\u2019s rarely a loud noise, except for a baby\u2019s cry. \u201cAnd most of the time, they don\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou really need to get a lawyer,\u201d immigration court judge Kaarina Salovaara said for the nth time on a very busy day. Almost everyone who stood before her offered the same answer \u2014 how could I possibly afford a lawyer?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is that attorneys can cost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfirm1.com\/services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hundreds to thousands of dollars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Chicago, according to Chicago-area immigration law group, Scott D. Pollock &amp; Associates, P.C. The other problem is that panicked immigrants may take any attorney, whether or not they know their qualifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to other states, Illinois has a network of pro bono immigration counselors and attorneys available through long-standing community organizations across the state. The Resurrection Project (TRP), a Chicago-based community and advocacy agency, heads the immigrant efforts of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilaccesstojustice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-ILA2J-Annual-Report.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Access to Justice effort that supports these organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRP historically provides long-term case management and support for immigrants in Illinois. But with the increase in demand for legal services, TRP\u2019s help for new arrivals has shifted mainly toward their immediate needs, including legal consultation, applying for asylum or changing their venue to the Chicago immigration court, says Immigrant Justice Legal Clinic Director Katherine Greenslade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are so many people seeking asylum that we don&#8217;t have capacity to take all of those cases and do that full scope representation where we provide them with a case manager and ongoing support,\u201d Greenslade said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">WordPress Popular Posts<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h4 id=\"trending-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Trending Posts<\/h4><div class=\"wpp-shortcode\"><script type=\"application\/json\" data-id=\"wpp-shortcode-inline-js\">{\"title\":\"Trending Posts\",\"limit\":\"3\",\"offset\":0,\"range\":\"custom\",\"time_quantity\":\"124\",\"time_unit\":\"day\",\"freshness\":\"1\",\"order_by\":\"views\",\"post_type\":\"post\",\"pid\":\"\",\"exclude\":\"\",\"cat\":\"\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"term_id\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"shorten_title\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"words\":false},\"post-excerpt\":{\"active\":false,\"length\":0,\"keep_format\":false,\"words\":false},\"thumbnail\":{\"active\":true,\"build\":\"predefined\",\"width\":\"240\",\"height\":\"160\"},\"rating\":false,\"stats_tag\":{\"comment_count\":false,\"views\":false,\"author\":false,\"date\":{\"active\":false,\"format\":\"F j, Y\"},\"category\":false,\"taxonomy\":{\"active\":false,\"name\":\"category\"}},\"markup\":{\"custom_html\":true,\"wpp-start\":\"&lt;ul class=&quot;wpp-list wpp-cardview&quot;&gt;\",\"wpp-end\":\"&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\",\"title-start\":\"&lt;h4 class=&quot;widget-title&quot;&gt;\",\"title-end\":\"&lt;\\\/h4&gt;\",\"post-html\":\"&lt;li&gt;{thumb} {title} {stats}&lt;\\\/li&gt;\"},\"theme\":{\"name\":\"\"}}<\/script><div class=\"wpp-shortcode-placeholder\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da2768e33e8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an alternative to asylum representation, TRP has been hosting free asylum workshops where attendees can receive help filling out asylum applications.TRP also provides consultations by appointment, but those can fill up in minutes, Greenslade added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI feel like it&#8217;s just putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,\u201d Greenslade explains. \u201cIt&#8217;s addressing their immediate needs, but it&#8217;s not providing a long-term solution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a lawyer, immigration court can be a maze with no exit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s almost impossible for someone to navigate the system themselves,\u201d says attorney Shannon Shepherd in Chicago. \u201cIt is tough enough with legal training [to] do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For immigrants with limited or no English, the challenges are many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they have moved and missed the mail about a court hearing or didn\u2019t understand the language in the notice, that could ultimately trigger court-ordered deportation. Shepherd says she has seen cases where immigrants didn\u2019t know they faced a deportation order until they were stopped by police.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nationally, the number of immigrants who were deported for failing to appear in court spiked markedly in 2023, reaching 159,379 \u2014 almost doubling since 2020, according to government <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/eoir\/media\/1344881\/dl?inline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Of the 5,058 immigrants deported in Illinois in 2023, 68% had failed to attend court hearings, TRAC figures show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young Guatemalan mother sitting with two active children, awaiting a hearing, is one of those who says she lost contact with courts since she began moving around the Midwest in 2019.\u00a0 But now, she says, she has caught up with the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then there are those who received court notices, known as a Notice To <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/file\/1211231\/dl?inline=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appear,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or NTA, that had the wrong or inadequate information. Immigration court judges nationally threw out 200,000 cases between 2021 and 2023 because of flaws with these notices, according to TRAC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69da2768e4c2d\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-21801\" class=\"post-21801 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-enforcementandcourts tag-uscisfeehike\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/03\/25\/uscis-citizenship-immigration-services-application-fee-increase\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024.03.21-Immigration-Fees_01-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/03\/25\/uscis-citizenship-immigration-services-application-fee-increase\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">U.S. Immigration Application Fees Increase Next Month. Here\u2019s What You Should Know<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/chelsea-verstegen\/\" title=\"View all posts by Chelsea Verstegen\">Chelsea Verstegen<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/03\/25\/uscis-citizenship-immigration-services-application-fee-increase\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">marzo 25, 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judges in Chicago\u2019s court threw out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/reports\/739\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5,040<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all cases, or 11%, during this time. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/reports\/739\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 9%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were renewed by the court within a year. A dismissed case can suddenly plunge someone into limbo since they need to have a new case filed if the government doesn\u2019t refile it. But that\u2019s not an easy effort for an immigrant without an attorney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, there are cases that are delayed for different reasons. Since 2022, a Guatemalan immigrant, who is a client of Shepherd, has had their court hearings delayed three times for a lack of a translator, says Shepherd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauren Aronson, head of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/law.illinois.edu\/academics\/clinics-experiential-learning\/immigration-law-clinic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigration Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Clinic at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign \u2014 one of few resources for immigrants in downstate Illinois \u2014 has a 15-year-old client who entered the U.S. in 2022. He has yet to receive a court date. That doesn\u2019t matter for him, however, because he has other legal options not available to everyone, she explains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two sides to the reality of long delays in criminal court for immigrants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those unlikely to win their case, a delay means more time to work and live in the U.S. But for those hoping to rescue family members from danger, like the former Honduran police officer, a delay can be deeply worrisome. As of March, the average wait in the Chicago court for an individual hearing, which is often the final hearing, was just over 1,000 days, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/phptools\/immigration\/backlog\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRAC.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-fix-the-problem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to fix the problem<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koop, the immigration legal advocate with NIJC, said the system requires change at all levels, noting the backlogs are not just a problem of the courts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe need immigration legal reform,\u201d she says. \u201cWe need things that are outside of the control of the city and the state to happen to alleviate the pressure on the system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenslade, of the Resurrection Project, explained how some people in removal proceedings may be waiting to hear back on applications for relief through USCIS, but because many of those applications face yearslong backlogs as well, people have to wait years for any sort of immigration relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are backlogs not just in court, but across all different parts of immigration\u00a0\u2014 and there are people in removal proceedings who may be able to have their case terminated and end their proceedings if they could ever get a grant on something else,\u201d Greenslade said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe court backlog would clear itself a bit if some of these other parts of immigration weren\u2019t also backlogged.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A system where everyone in immigration court, regardless of their status, could have access to free representation, she adds, could not only help people navigate the system better, but could also help more people win their cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think we have to move towards a system where, whether detained or non-detained, folks who are in removal proceedings and cannot afford counsel are provided an attorney\u201d just as those in criminal proceedings in Cook County or the Federal courts are, she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until then, more and more immigrants will face an unforgiving system on their own, advocates say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unlike the men in the three<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cases in front of her, who glumly tell the judge they couldn\u2019t find a lawyer; Jesika Pino tells the judge she has the same problem. But she adds with a warm and assuring smile that she will do her best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immediately outside the courtroom, however, Pino, a small, soft-spoken woman who worked with children in Venezuela, breaks into heaving sobs that she doesn\u2019t seem capable of stopping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How, she asks out loud, can she find a lawyer when she works every day at a factory and then just earns enough to live? And what can she do if she knows nobody, \u201cni una sola amiga,\u201d<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cnot a single friend,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">no family members, nothing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But she is not going to go back to live under the Maduro government, she says defiantly in Spanish. Nor, she says, will she give up after coming all the way by herself, and especially after crossing the jungle, and points down at bruises on her feet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That jungle is the Darien Gap, a stretch of dense jungle between Colombia and Panama, where immigrant travelers have been robbed, raped, and lost their lives. In the last few years, it has been a lethal funnel for immigrants headed north from South America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have no choice,\u201d she says, catching her breath. \u201cI have to find a lawyer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her lament is a common one here.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"here-are-links-to-organizations-providing-services-including-legal-support-to-immigrants\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are links to organizations providing services, including legal support to immigrants.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.state.il.us\/page.aspx?item=117419\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois Department of Human Services<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a 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