Rosenstein’s Call for New Immigration Court Called Unrealistic (1)

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called for the creation of a court to handle all immigration appeals, but legal scholars question its premise and consider it politically unrealistic.

Rosenstein wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Friday that “inconsistent rulings by the 12 federal appellate courts have created a hodgepodge of jurisprudence” where immigrants may get different results in different circuits.

Illegal immigration is a hot-button political issue that the Trump administration has aggressively pursued on the policy front and in court. For instance, Trump has criticized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in particular for ruling ...