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Dallas agencies may soon lose “accredited representatives” who help indigent immigrants

For decades, Dallas-area nonprofit agencies like Catholic Charities, Human Rights Initiative, RAICES, Mosaic Family Services, and the International Rescue Committee have relied upon a Department of Justice (DOJ) “accreditation” program to employ non-attorneys to counsel and represent immigrants and their families. When carefully trained and properly supervised, a DOJ-accredited representative can help noncitizens every bit as well as an attorney, and for the a fraction of the cost. This week, DOJ abruptly reassigned every attorney working in its accreditation program, leaving virtually unstaffed an office that, according to CBS, “accredits more than 2,600 non-attorneys across more than 900 recognized programs.” Each advocate’s accreditation must be renewed every two years, so this program’s virtual erasure will soon be felt nationwide.

ICE has set daily arrest quotas

In sworn testimony, ICE agents have acknowledged receiving “daily arrest quotas they sought to meet during operations.” Officers’ eagerness to meet that quota results in virtually indiscriminate arrests. Whereas previous administrations have prioritized the removal of noncitizens with criminal records, only a small fraction of immigrants now in ICE custody have had contact with law enforcement since their arrival – typically, many years ago.

Trump administration has deported at least 86 Dreamers

Democratic Senators Alex Padilla, Dick Durbin have called out ICE for apprehending 261 registrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program between January 1 and November 19, 2025, and for deporting 86 of these. The senators demand that ICE honor the promise of protection made under the DACA program.

DHS acknowledges wanton violations of courts’ orders in New Jersey

DHS’ record belies their conciliatory words in a letter to Judge Michael E. Farbiarz acknowledging “six missed deadlines to respond to court orders, 12 missed deadlines to provide bond hearings to ICE detainees, 17 out-of-state transfers after judges had issued no-transfer orders, three instances of imposing release conditions in violation of court prohibitions and 10 instances of failing to produce evidence demanded by courts.”

How to ensure you see an immigration judge

Now that noncitizens apprehended anywhere in the U.S. may be subject to expedited removal, every one of them who is not a lawful permanent resident (that is, who lacks a “green card”) should carry with them at all times proof that they’ve lived in the U.S. for two years or longer. If two years have not elapsed since your arrival, DHS may expel you summarily from the U.S. You may first speak to an immigration judge only if (a) you’ve suffered or may suffer persecution in your country, and (b) an asylum officer determines – in a “credible fear” interview – that there is a “significant possibility” you may qualify for asylum.

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