Your rendition of Democrats and the Justice System as it applies to Immigrants is notably biased...

TyroneIrish 26316 posts Joined:
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...here's an AI Summary of this issue...but thanks for attempting to provide some substance...better than most ;-)...

Note the many examples in our media of Trump denying ANY Due Process for far too many immigrants...documented facts.

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AI Overview

Democrats are accepting administrative reviews but are actively pushing to reform them by converting the current immigration system into an independent, Article I court system. They do not broadly insist on shifting all primary immigration hearings to standard Article III federal courts, as the sheer volume of cases makes that logistically unfeasible.

The current positions and legislative efforts within the party break down as follows:

• Support for Article I, Not Article III, Independent Courts: Rather than demanding that individual cases be heard in traditional Article III federal courts (which have life-tenured judges), Democrats in both the House and Senate have repeatedly introduced legislation to transition the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) out of the Department of Justice. Their goal is to make it an independent Article I court system (similar to the U.S. Tax Court or Bankruptcy Courts). This would shield immigration judges from political pressure and the "at-will" mass firings carried out by executive administrations.

• Defending the Right to Article III Judicial Review: While Democrats accept that primary evidentiary hearings and asylum applications are processed through administrative reviews, they strongly resist efforts to strip away the secondary layer of review. They insist that noncitizens must retain the right to appeal administrative decisions to Article III federal appellate courts, arguing that completely eliminating federal court oversight violates constitutional due process.

• Focus on Reforming Administrative Discretion: Within the framework of administrative reviews, Democrats have pushed for the return of "prosecutorial discretion" and "administrative closure"—mechanisms that allow the government to deprioritize and pause deportation cases for long-term residents without criminal records, rather than forcing every individual through an expedited removal process without their day in court.
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