Op-Ed: The quiet dismantling of due process in U.S. immigration courts

By: Lauren Heidbrink, Amelia Frank-Vitale

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: October 29, 2026

Words: 809

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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Asylum has always been hard to win in the United States. The rules are strict, narrow, and don’t always account for the dangers people face today. Increasingly, however, people who fear returning to their home country are being removed without a hearing. Through our observations in immigration courts across the country, we have documented a pattern of procedural removal – people ordered removed without a judge ever hearing why they sought protection in the first …

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