Responding to a flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the border in the last year, Miami’s immigration court has instituted a “rocket docket,” assigning three judges to exclusively handle cases involving the youths and decide up to 150 cases a day.
At a meeting last week, the three judges—Charles Sanders, J. Daniel Dowell and Michael C. Horn—appealed to local immigrant advocacy groups such as Americans for Immigrant Justice, Catholic Legal Services and the Cuban American Bar Association for pro bono help for the children. They said they would be rushing 150 kids a day through the immigration process.
