3---Immigration courts are distinct.
TRAC Immigration ND [Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan data gathering, data research, and data distribution organization in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. "Immigration Court Primer," TRAC Immigration, https://trac.syr.edu/immigration/quickfacts/about_eoir.html aawh]
The Immigration Court is an administrative court within the Department of Justice (DOJ) responsible for adjudicating immigration cases in the United States. Immigration judges preside over the courts and resolve such questions as:
whether an individual should be allowed to remain in the U.S. (i.e., whether he or she is "admissible" or "removable") and, in some cases, whether he or she is a U.S. citizen;
whether an individual's application for relief from deportation (removal), such as for asylum, or an application for an immigration benefit, such as for a green card, should be granted;
whether a detained individual should be allowed to post bond, or the bond amount should be changed.
Cases generally involve non-citizens who have been charged by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with being in violation of immigration law. Where DHS does not have the authority to administratively deport the individual, the agency brings the matter to the Immigration Court and asks an immigration judge to issue a removal order authorizing DHS to deport that individual from the country.