Executive Office for Immigration Review
The union doesn't usually air its grievances. But its president said the transfer of a case away from a Philadelphia judge was "outrageous."
The judge said he was "embarrassed" to ask if the boy understood the proceedings.
The attorney general has criticized the asylum system. Now he's taking steps that could make getting relief tougher.
Immigration experts fear Erik Javier Flores Hernandez's detainment heralds a new wave of "cruel" and "baseless" deportation policy under Trump.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
About 520 new judges are needed to fill a backlog, to say nothing of new cases created by stricter deportation guidances.
Senators want to know what, exactly, the DOJ does when it reviews the president's orders.
Its overloaded courts grant asylum and other relief at a far lower rate than in other cities.