“Flood the zone with the rule of law, surge the number of immigration judges and process these cases quickly.”At a press conference Friday, Trump appeared to suggest that the adjudication process end altogether. “The problem we are facing is we don’t have enough immigration judges to process the cases quickly,” he explained, stressing that the backlog of cases is growing. According to data from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the average processing time for immigration cases nationwide has reached 736 days this fiscal year. As it stands, there are only 400 judges to handle the influx, and Sandweg fears the situation will worsen. Sandweg has also criticized Trump’s threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, telling CNN last week it would do “absolutely nothing” to stem illegal immigration.

Source: Huffington Post April 08, 2019 19:28 UTC