Wednesday, September 18, 2019

U.S. Immigration Courts’ Backlog Exceeds One Million Cases - WSJ

U.S. Immigration Courts’ Backlog Exceeds One Million Cases - WSJ: The backlogged deportation docket pending in U.S. immigration courts surpassed one million cases in August, despite the Trump administration’s varied attempts to cut back on asylum claims.

The backlog this year has grown at a record pace, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, which tracks immigration court data. The figure has nearly doubled since President Trump took office in January 2017, when about 542,000 cases were pending.

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