(CNN) Judges at an immigration court in El Paso, Texas, are undermining due process, making inappropriate comments and fostering a "culture of hostility" toward immigrants, according to a new complaint. "El Paso feels like the Wild West in terms of the immigration system," said Kathryn Shepherd, national advocacy counsel for the American Immigration Council's Immigration Justice Campaign and one of the complaint's authors. The Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees US immigration courts, declined to comment on the allegations. Prosecutors in immigration courts are employees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement , but the overall administration of the courts is the Justice Department's responsibility. And he said that every day, the office decides immigration cases "by fairly, expeditiously and uniformly interpreting and administering the nation's immigration laws."

Source: CNN April 03, 2019 16:30 UTC