With the Ninth Circuit and the Second Circuit now having a disproportionate number. the suggestion was made by Judge Newman. former chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. that there be a court created. perhaps to sit in Washington. although not indispensably so. where the judges would be selected from circuit judges and selected by the chief justice to maintain that judges review these matters as generalists as opposed to specialists. We will consider that. We heard discussion about the chairmans mark on increasing the number of active judges on the Board of Immigration Appeal so that the full 23 would sit and the provision that they sit in panels so that they write opinions. not just a onesentence decision. which is now the case and which puts a considerable burden on the courts of appeal. We also discussed the possibility of having greater independence of the immigration judges and the members of the Board of Immigration Appeal. In due course. we will be drafting a revised title and will be submitting that for consideration by the full body. That is a very brief statement of the hearing that we held today.
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