Trump administration postpones many immigration hearings, but courts remain open for detained children and other asylum-seekers

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• Hearings for non-detained immigrants are postponed until at least May 1, the Department of Justice announced.
• Asylum-seekers in Mexico are ordered to present themselves at the border to obtain new court dates.
• Judges, prosecutors, and activists alike have been demanding that immigration courts be shuttered during the pandemic.
• More than 38,000 immigrants are currently detained, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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All hearings for immigrants who are not currently detained, including asylum-seekers, have been further postponed until May 1, the US Department of Justice said Monday. 

Hearings for non-detained persons had previously been set to resume April 13. 

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