Trump administration deploys immigration judges, prosecutors to border ahead of caravan arrival

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has deployed Justice Department prosecutors and judges, as well as asylum officers and immigration attorneys from DHS, to the southwest border ahead of the arrival of the Central American migrant caravan.

“DHS, in partnership with DOJ, is taking a number of steps to ensure that all cases and claims are adjudicated promptly – including sending additional USCIS asylum officers, ICE attorneys, DOJ Immigration Judges, and DOJ prosecutors to the southern border,” Nielsen said in a statement issued Monday afternoon. It did not state when or where sub-groups of the caravan were expected to arrive.