The Varick St. Immigration Court Has Moved All of Its Hearings to Fort Worth

The Varick St. immigration court has moved all of its hearings to Fort Worth, Texas, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday.

Starting on Friday, until April 10, all cases scheduled in Varick St. will be heard at the Fort Worth Immigration Adjudication Center in Texas. At the center, judges hear cases remotely from around the country.

The move comes after weeks of debate over the status of the court and a nationwide campaign by an unprecedented alliance of federal prosecutors, immigration judges and defense attorneys to have all of the nation’s immigration courts shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the nation. The decision to move the Varick St. immigration court hearings to Texas has created a slew of new questions over how immigration lawyers are expected to file documents for hearings and to appear telephonically.

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