Article snippet: Posted at 9:16 pm on July 14, 2017 by streiff The immigration court system is close to broken. The New York Times reported that there was a backlog of some 525,000 cases: By delaying these hearings, no one is well-served. The immigrant loses years of their life in a limbo and immigration law is made to look like an ass to citizens and non-citizens alike. This, in turn, encourages more illegal immigration and more hostility towards immigrants of all stripes. This is self-inflicted. Since 1996 the only illegals entitled to an immigration court appearance are those that have been in the country for two years. Unfortunately, administration after administration has decided to turn a blind eye to the problem and opened the immigration court system to basically all comers. George W. Bush was excoriated when, back in 2004, he ordered that illegals found with 100 miles of the border and who had been in the U.S. for less than fourteen days (why 100 and not 110? why 14 and not 7?). The Washington Post is reporting that is changing: Under the stewardship of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, the Trump administration has been slowly and steadily tightening the screws on the supply side of the illegal immigration equation. Illegal immigration was down by 53% in June. And even the Post admits that enforcement now is much tougher than in the past. At the same time, the administration has allowed DAPA to lapse, has said it will not defend DACA from legal challenge and ha... Link to the full article to read more