Immigration judges speeding up removal cases involving Somali people

By: Madison McVan

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 625

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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On Jan. 30, as immigration attorney Matthew Mockenhaupt was representing a client in a hearing, his email inbox flooded with calendar invites from the court. He’d never seen the court schedule so many hearings on such short notice — and, even stranger, all of the cases involved people from Somalia.

Since then, the pattern has continued, impacting around 70 or 80 of Mockenhaupt’s Somali clients, he said. He’s gotten the impression that immigration courts …

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