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Chicago’s immigration courts are in chaos as “Mega Master” hearings—jam-packed with over 100 people at a time—are causing widespread confusion, missed court dates, and skyrocketing removal orders. Since May, advocates say the system’s overload is leaving people lost, unnotified, or unable to speak before a judge, resulting in over 6,000 removals in June alone—up from just 1,200 in February. Critics accuse the Justice Department of using these mass hearings as a covert deportation tactic, while officials defend it as a necessary effort to clear a three-million-case backlog. Despite the push for speed, the nation’s immigration courts remain overwhelmed.

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