Protesters and immigrants form a line outside of 630 Sansome St. immigration court in San Francisco. Photo by Sage Rios Mace. The Department of Homeland Security this summer attempted to revive an ...

President Trump’s tightening of border enforcement has allowed federal judges to close more immigration cases than open new ones for the first time since 2008 – chipping away at a massive backlog that ...

For three immigration judges, the day took a similar turn. Kyra Lilien, who was hired in 2023, was presiding in a courtroom in Concord, Calif., in July when she paused the hearing of an immigrant ...