Utah’s immigration court is speeding up hearings — and deportations ^16.8%

KUER - By Macy Lipkin - 7/8/2026, 8:00 AM

Hasty Generalization 22.7% - Negativity Bias 19% - Recency Bias 15.4%

Inside the windowless courtrooms of Salt Lake City Immigration Court, the most consequential decisions often come after hearings end. As the day wrapped up in the late afternoon, when all the respondents had left, Judge David C. Anderson tallied up the number of no-shows. He read the names and case numbers to the attorney representing... more