Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced in November that it would close its
detention center in Artesia, New Mexico.
Since June, ICE had been detaining migrant adults found with their
children near the border at this facility.
The migrants are detained while the immigration court processes their
cases. ICE will move the detainees to
another facility in Dilley, Texas sometime in December.
Two
immigration court judges in Denver had been conducting hearings for the Artesia
detainees via video conference since September.
Their regular dockets were cancelled and cases were taken off the
calendar on a rolling basis, about three weeks in advance. Contrary to previous announcements, these two
judges will continue to hear these cases on a full-time basis. Their regular cases will continue to be
cancelled and taken off the calendar indefinitely.
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