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Al Jazeera
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Rob Reynolds

US immigration courts face heavy backlog after shutdown

US immigration courts face heavy backlog after shutdown

Immigration courts in the United States are struggling to catch up after the longest government shutdown in history.

A backlog of more than 800,000 cases means, for some asylum seekers, their fate will not be known for years.

Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Los Angeles, California.

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