Immigration court is one of the few places in the United States where defendants are not provided with representation, and indeed, most people appearing before the court have no access to a lawyer. The system is therefore subject to drastic change depending on the whims of the executive branch, Dispatches from Immigration Court which has complete control over the system. The immigration court in Chelmsford Massachusetts looks like a Protestant church. There are two types of immigration proceedings in the United States—affirmative proceedings, usually processed with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and removal proceedings, which take place in immigration court. A man starts crying on the paralegal’s shoulder at immigration court.