Immigration Court Backlog Grows

U.S. Immigration Courts See a Significant and Growing Backlog

More than 2 million cases are pending in U.S. immigration courts. This backlog has more than tripled since the start of fiscal year 2017.

Immigration Court Backlog Tops 3 Million; Each Judge Assigned ...

That means the case backlog has grown by a million cases in just the past 12 months. Immigration Judges are swamped. Immigration Judges now ...

These States Have the Largest Immigration Court Backlogs

Florida and Texas have, by far, the largest immigration case backlogs, according to the research institute.

U.S. Immigration Courts Face a Staggering Backlog - Boundless

The backlog has tripled since 2019, growing by more than one million cases in the last year alone. So how did the U.S. immigration court ...

Record 3 million cases clog U.S. immigration courts | PBS News

Fueled by record-breaking increases in migrants who seek asylum after being apprehended for crossing the border illegally, the court backlog ...

Historical Immigration Court Backlog Tool: Pending Cases and ...

Historical Immigration Court Backlog Tool Pending Cases and Length of Wait by Nationality, State, Court, and Hearing Location (no longer updated) Go to ...

Current Operating Environment | United States Department of Justice

To address the backlog, as well as meet changing immigration demography and operational needs, EOIR has made concerted efforts to ameliorate its growing ...

A record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts - AP News

Fueled by migrants who seek asylum after being apprehended for crossing the border illegally, the court backlog has grown by more than 1 ...

Growing Backlog in Immigration Courts Could Slow Trump's Mass ...

A growing backlog coupled with a lack of resources are leaving many more migrants with an uncertain future as they try to make a life in the United States.

Immigration court backlog tops 3 million cases amid record migration

The nation's immigration court backlog swelled by more than 1 million cases in 2023, according to new data, as the number of migrants seeking asylum at the US ...

Reducing the Immigration Court Backlog - Department of Justice

Reducing the Immigration Court Backlog- 1. Reducing the ... efficiency efforts designed to reduce the large and growing pending caseload, such as new IT.

Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in ...

In doing so, USCIS reduced overall backlogs by 15%. Among USCIS' record number of case completions in FY 2023, the agency administered the Oath ...

U.S. Immigration Courts and the Pending Cases Backlog

Factors associated with the growth in the immigration courts backlog are both internal and external to EOIR. These include immigration court ...

As backlog of 2.6M immigration cases grows, advocates stress need ...

As of August, there is a backlog of more than 2.6 million pending immigration cases, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.

Immigration Court Backlog Grows: TRAC Report

TRAC, Sept. 20, 2023 "August 2023 saw a record number of new deportation cases arrive at the Immigration Court.

Immigration Court Backlog Surges To a Record 1.6 Million - Time

The backlog increased by nearly 140,000 during that period, the fastest growth on record and the direct result of an uptick in arrests by ...

Immigration Judge Hiring and Projected Impact on ... - CRS Reports

Although EOIR has increased its IJ corps in recent years, the backlog has continued to grow, increasing by. 403% from FY2013 to FY2022, and ...

Mounting Backlogs Undermine U.S. Immigration System and ...

The backlog for hearings in immigration court has been on an upward swing for years, growing slowly between FY 2008 and FY 2016, from under ...

Immigration Courts: Actions Needed to Reduce Case Backlog and ...

GAO's analysis showed that the Executive Office for Immigration Review's (EOIR) case backlog—cases pending from previous years that remain ...

Backlogged Courts and Years of Delays Await Many Migrants

A severe shortage of immigration judges has led to long delays for asylum cases. The backlog is expected to grow now that pandemic-era border restrictions have ...