MEMO: PRETERMISSION OF LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS FOR ASYLUM

Department of Justice

Department of Justice

Notice Date: April 11, 2025
Effective Date: April 11, 2025

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Policy Memo from the immigration courts directing dismissal of asylum claims that clearly lack merit without formal hearing. 

Immigration courts have a 4 million-case backlog. Many of those cases are frivolous asylum claims. If immigration courts start dismissing dilatory, frivolous claims, the backlog can be cleared quickly. This is a welcome and necessary change. 

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