Mega Masters: The Data Behind the Latest Scheme to Manufacture Removal Orders (Part 1)
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Austin Kocher
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austinkocher.substack.comMega Masters: The Data Behind the Latest Scheme to Manufacture Removal Orders (Part 1)austinkocher.substack.comStarting in May, immigration attorneys began reporting that they were arriving at immigration court to find judges’ dockets packed with over 100 hearings scheduled in a single morning—a phenomenon that quickly became known as “mega master calendar hearings,” or “
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