Attorney Stephen Born's calendar is supposed to be full of immigration court appointments.

His small law office in New England currently handles 5,000 immigration cases, many of them assigned to the Chelmsford Immigration Court, just outside Boston.

But on a recent Wednesday afternoon, seven of nine appointments were rescheduled.

The next day, two out of three were pushed.

And the following day, four out of six got delayed.

"The court is not functioning," Born said. He said some of his clients have waited more than a decade for their court hearings.

"Now that's being taken away. So the little light at the end of the tunnel for these people who have been following the American dream and playing by all the rules is increasingly being snuffed."

The Chelmsford Immigration Court opened

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