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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 3524 (Introduced in House) — To support the people of Central America and strengthen United States national security by addressing the root causes... · Sec. 506

Sec. 506. Eliminating immigration court backlogs

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The Attorney General shall increase the total number of immigration judges by at least 55 judges per year for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. The Attorney General— shall ensure that all newly hired immigration judges and Board of Immigration Appeals members are highly qualified experts on immigration law and who are trained to conduct fair, impartial adjudications in accordance with applicable due process requirements; and may not give any preference, in selecting immigration judges, to candidates with prior government experience compared to equivalent subject-matter expertise resulting from nonprofit, private bar, or academic experience.
Subject to the availability of amounts made available in advance appropriation Acts, 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 (including necessary additional support staff) to efficiently process cases by at least 23 attorneys per year for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall— conduct a study of the impediments to efficient hiring of immigration court judges within the Department of Justice; and propose solutions to Congress for improving the efficiency of the hiring process.
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