Deportation Without Due Process

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Author(s):
Publish Date:
September 1, 2011
Publisher:
Western State University College of Law; Mills Legal Clinic, Stanford Law School; National Immigration Law Center
Place of Publication:
Fullerton; Stanford; Los Angeles
Format:
Book, Whole
Citation(s):
  • Jennifer L. Koh, Jayashri Srikantiah, and Karen C. Tumlin, Deportation Without Due Process: The U.S. Has Used Its "Stipulated Removal" Program to Deport More than 160,000 Noncitizens Without Hearings Before Immigration Judges, Fullerton: Western State University College of Law; Stanford: Mills Legal Clinic, Stanford Law School; Los Angeles: National Immigration Law Center, 2011.

Abstract

Over the past decade, the United States government has dramatically expanded its use of a program called “stipulated removal” that has allowed immigration officials to deport over 160,000 non-U.S. citizens without ever giving them their day in court. This report synthesizes information obtained from never-before-released U.S. government documents and data about stipulated removal that became available for analysis as a result of a lawsuit filed under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
According to the previously unreleased data, the federal government has used stipulated removal primarily on noncitizens in immigration detention who lack lawyers and are facing deportation due to minor immigration violations. These noncitizens were given a Hobson’s choice: Accept a stipulated removal order and agree to your deportation, or stay in immigration detention to fight your case. Many of these government records reveal that the stipulated removal program has been implemented across the U.S. at the expense of immigrants’ due process rights.