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L.A. Immigration Court caseload soars

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The number of foreigners landing in Los Angeles Immigration Court has surged in recent years, while the number of judges has remained about the same, causing crushing caseloads and lengthy delays, the L.A. Times’ Anna Gorman reports this morning.

Expanded immigration enforcement, including the ongoing search for illegal immigrants in county jails, is causing much of the rise, according to judges, attorneys and experts.

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‘I don’t think it’s possible for a court to implode from weight, but we may see,’ said former L.A. Immigration Judge Gilbert T. Gembacz, who retired last month after more than a decade on the bench.

Read on about the soaring number of immigration cases here.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City

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