BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump in recent days has fumed about the immigration courts that handle cases of people seeking entry into the US. But Trump’s fixation on the courts and the judges who staff them flies in the face of what his attorney general has been trying to do to reshape the courts to align with the President’s vision, including hiring more immigration judges and restricting asylum laws. The President tweeted that those stopped at the border should be simply told they can’t enter, rather than going through the system…Press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters Monday [6-25-18] that ‘virtually all Americans’ agree that drawn-out court proceedings don’t make sense for migrants who enter the country illegally. Trump, she said, ‘would certainly like to see more expedited removal…’ The immigration courts decide whether immigrants have a legal right to stay in the US or should be deported — and those cases include people arriving at the border as well people from the interior of the US, who may or may not have had legal status at some point. But Trump’s suggestion has several problems, including the fact that there are fewer than 350 immigration judges nationwide and the Justice Department has budgeted for only 100 more.”
-Tal Kopan, Trump fumes over immigration courts Sessions has focused on,” CNN Politicsm CNN.com, June 25, 2018 5:13 pm