Subject: Re: Wonderful Meditation by Jonathan Last

To clarify, since I think I've wound a bunch of disparate things together, the last review of the credible fear determination is made by an immigration judge - so that aspect of the process goes before a judge. But there's no removal hearing, and the removal order is the one issued by the administrative officer. The detainee doesn't get to have the "standard" removal hearing, just a review of the credible fear determination alone. And habeas is never available.

Thanks for this, it cleared up my question about the judge.