Scrivner Policy Roundtable: (In)Justice in the Immigration Court System with the Center for Immigration Policy & Research

Join us for the next Scrivner Policy Roundtable, an event series with the aim of building a network and collaborative research and learning environment among local policy actors and the campus community. At this roundtable, the DU Center for Immigration Policy & Research (CIPR) will discuss findings from the DU Courtwatch Project, providing a brief explanation of U.S. immigration court proceedings with a focus on Denver’s non-detained immigration court.

Presenters will explain the Courtwatch Project and its focus on two expedited mechanisms: the Dedicated Docket and the Family Expedited Removal Management Program (FERM). Both programs were implemented under President Biden to attempt to speed up immigration proceedings for recently arriving migrant families seeking asylum. The research documents significant concerns about due process, access to representation and relief, and the overall workings of the immigration system.

The presentation will then transition into lessons we can apply to the current moment, which has been exacerbated by pre-existing obstacles as well as an erosion of due process and a delegitimization of asylum claims.

The DU Courtwatch Project is led by Dr. Rebecca Galemba (Korbel School) and in collaboration with:

• CIPR Faculty: Lisa Martinez (Sociology), Liz Jordan (Law), and Jesse Acevedo (Political Science)
• Student research assistants: Ella Iveslatt, Kelly Nilan, Jasmine Salgado Simentel, and Kay Shepherd

Community partners: Colorado Asylum Center and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN)