In Deportation Policy Test, 1 in 6 Offered Reprieve

This will help some families and also help the backlog of cases before the courts. - - Donna Poisl

By JULIA PRESTON

DENVER — A review ordered by the Obama administration of virtually all 7,900 deportation cases before the immigration court here has identified about 1,300 foreigners — 16 percent — who pose no security risk and will be allowed to remain in the United States, although with no new legal status, immigration officials said Thursday.

It was a fast-paced test run of the first comprehensive docket review in the nation’s immigration courts. Department of Homeland Security officials plan to extend it in coming months to all of about 300,000 deportation cases before the courts nationwide.
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