Memphis ‘mega docket’ immigration court is booming
The immigration court is located in Downtown’s Brinkley Plaza. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The scale of the Memphis Immigration Court’s “mega master docket” is clear right away.
At 9 a.m. on a recent Friday, more than 100 people waited in the security line for the administrative court, located in Downtown’s Brinkley Plaza. The line wrapped around the lobby in a square spiral of respondents and their families.
Many of the people in court had traveled hundreds of miles, some with families in tow, for immigration hearings that lasted minutes. The docket hearings are a precursor to immigration trials, which determine if noncitizens flagged by the government can stay in the U.S.
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Mary Evans
Mary Evans reports on public safety for The Daily Memphian. She previously wrote for the Clarion-Ledger and got her start at Ole Miss' The Daily Mississippian. When she's not in a courtroom or cheering on the Rebs, you can find her trying new recipes from The New York Times, running in Overton Park or scavenging for treasure in estate sales.
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