Immigration court

What happens to an illegal alien whose request for asylum is denied. Your case will automatically be referred to the immigration court. The judge will review the evidence and make a decision. If your request it denied you can appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). This appeal must be filed by mail within 30 days and the appeal takes on average one year. If the BIA denies your claim you can appeal to the United States Court of Appeals. You do not have to appear but this takes three or four years. The court may grant asylum or send the case back to the immigration judge. If your case is denied again you can appeal to the Supreme Court. There is currently a back log of 800,000 cases and each year this back log grows. If congress would change the law regarding the right of asylum to anyone who steps foot in the country much of this back log would quickly be eliminated but congress has chosen to ignore this situation.