'Era of Amnesty’ in the Immigration Courts ‘Is Over’

The White House declared this week that the “Era of Amnesty Is Over: President Trump Restores Rule of Law to Immigration Court”, as both immigration judge (IJ) backlogs and asylum grants decline. That same day, the New York Times published an article, “How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations”, making many of the same points. Here’s where the two analyses converge — and the very big points the Times missed.