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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 6204 (Introduced in House) — To clarify standards of family detention and the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes. · Sec. 3102

Sec. 3102. Increasing the number of authorized immigration judges

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The Attorney General of the United States shall increase the total number of immigration judges to adjudicate pending cases and efficiently process future cases by 375 judges. To address the shortage of support staff for immigration judges, the Attorney General shall ensure that each immigration judge has sufficient support staff, adequate technological and security resources, and appropriate courtroom facilities. The Attorney General shall increase the number of Board of Immigration Appeals staff attorneys by sixty attorneys.
To address the shortage of support staff for the Board of Immigration appeals, the Attorney General shall ensure that the Board of Immigration Appeals and its staff attorneys has sufficient support staff and adequate technological and security resources. Any immigration judges, Board of Immigration Appeals staff attorneys, and support staff hired under the authority of this section shall prioritize asylum applications that are filed by Asylum Applicants. There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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