Thread by @KarenTumlin

Wonderful news out of the @TheJusticeDept today! AG Garland has reversed Matter of Castro-Tum, the decision by former AG Sessions that ended the use of administrative closure in immigration courts. This is a very important return to fairness in immigration courts. My take. /1

Here is the decision for my fellow legal nerds. justice.gov/eoir/page/file… Administrative closure is a long-used tool that allowed immigration judges to close immigration proceedings when agreed by all parties--and when the equities of the case warranted it. /2

Discretion is an essential tool for any fair court system, especially our immigration courts that run on unjust immigration laws in desperate need of updating (Hint, hint Congress). When former AG Sessions ended admin closure over 350K CLOSED immigration cases were reopened. /3

As a result, I represented a DACA recipient whose immigration case was reopened & who was threatened with deportation despite being in valid DACA status. Today's decision ends the constant fear that hundreds of thousands have faced. I am so grateful to see this needed change. /4

We sued w/@HlsImmigration & @gibsondunn
to obtain documents on efforts to put DACA recipients in deportation after Castro Tum. We'll keep fighting to get full records on what happened when this unjust policy was in place! But for today we tell it goodbye! justiceactioncenter.org/justice-action…

@TheJusticeDept Huge gratitude to you, @benwinograd for suing to take down Castro Tum in some of the circuits!