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Table 2. Immigration Court Filings by Immigration Court

  New Cases (by NTA date) Percent Rank
  FY2012-FY2016 FY2017 FY2012-FY2016 FY2017 FY2012-FY2016 FY2017
Immigration Court OBAMA TRUMP OBAMA TRUMP OBAMA TRUMP
All 1,116,370 57,233 11,040 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Houston - Detained TX) 41,895 3,600 834 3.8% 6.3% 7.6% 6 2 1
New York (NY) 75,829 5,002 825 6.8% 8.7% 7.5% 1 1 2
Adelanto (CA) 21,046 1,090 659 1.9% 1.9% 6.0% 23 21 3
Oakdale (LA) 26,108 1,299 529 2.3% 2.3% 4.8% 14 16 4
Pearsall (TX) 25,860 1,354 501 2.3% 2.4% 4.5% 15 12 5
Miami - Krome (FL) 25,046 1,322 452 2.2% 2.3% 4.1% 16 13 6
Los Angeles (CA) 73,720 1,557 409 6.6% 2.7% 3.7% 2 10 7
San Francisco (CA) 50,023 2,435 375 4.5% 4.3% 3.4% 3 4 8
Lumpkin (GA) 26,614 1,031 369 2.4% 1.8% 3.3% 13 23 9
Atlanta (GA) 23,750 1,753 357 2.1% 3.1% 3.2% 18 7 10
Imperial (CA) 7,088 894 319 0.6% 1.6% 2.9% 44 26 11
Chicago (IL) 41,303 2,218 298 3.7% 3.9% 2.7% 7 6 12
Eloy (AZ) 24,131 1,258 298 2.2% 2.2% 2.7% 17 17 13
Florence (AZ) 19,398 1,602 295 1.7% 2.8% 2.7% 25 9 14
Miami (FL) 40,353 1,387 279 3.6% 2.4% 2.5% 8 11 15
El Paso (TX) 27,718 1,643 252 2.5% 2.9% 2.3% 12 8 16
York (PA) 15,790 783 252 1.4% 1.4% 2.3% 29 31 17
Kansas City (MO) 10,979 1,231 243 1.0% 2.2% 2.2% 35 18 18
Tacoma (WA) 18,445 1,016 242 1.7% 1.8% 2.2% 27 24 19
Dallas (TX) 37,240 1,226 236 3.3% 2.1% 2.1% 10 19 20
Aurora (CO) 10,471 699 235 0.9% 1.2% 2.1% 37 34 21
Elizabeth (NJ) 12,129 729 217 1.1% 1.3% 2.0% 32 32 22
Arlington (VA) 39,862 2,331 208 3.6% 4.1% 1.9% 9 5 23
San Diego (CA) 19,262 1,314 205 1.7% 2.3% 1.9% 26 14 24
Los Fresnos (TX) 21,585 904 204 1.9% 1.6% 1.8% 20 25 25
San Antonio (TX) 44,001 1,300 195 3.9% 2.3% 1.8% 5 15 26
Newark (NJ) 21,193 502 188 1.9% 0.9% 1.7% 21 39 27
Bloomington (MN) 11,176 860 172 1.0% 1.5% 1.6% 34 27 28
Detroit (MI) 10,213 515 153 0.9% 0.9% 1.4% 39 38 29
Las Vegas (NV) 9,375 674 148 0.8% 1.2% 1.3% 40 35 30
Boston (MA) 21,078 484 123 1.9% 0.8% 1.1% 22 42 31
Baltimore (MD) 23,017 839 111 2.1% 1.5% 1.0% 19 28 32
Batavia (NY) 6,374 445 98 0.6% 0.8% 0.9% 46 43 33
Orlando (FL) 15,074 566 95 1.4% 1.0% 0.9% 30 36 34
Omaha (NE) 10,583 1,041 80 0.9% 1.8% 0.7% 36 22 35
New York - Detained (NY) 6,317 487 74 0.6% 0.9% 0.7% 47 41 36
Cleveland (OH) 11,743 497 69 1.1% 0.9% 0.6% 33 40 37
Houston (TX) 44,350 3,208 64 4.0% 5.6% 0.6% 4 3 38
Denver (CO) 8,712 792 55 0.8% 1.4% 0.5% 43 29 39
Phoenix (AZ) 14,489 553 47 1.3% 1.0% 0.4% 31 37 40
Hartford (CT) 5,216 289 44 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 48 46 41
Harlingen (TX) 27,925 789 40 2.5% 1.4% 0.4% 11 30 42
West Valley (UT) 6,567 263 31 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% 45 48 43
Seattle (WA) 8,744 429 25 0.8% 0.7% 0.2% 42 44 44
Napanoch (NY) 2,119 133 25 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 52 49 45
Philadelphia (PA) 9,103 705 23 0.8% 1.2% 0.2% 41 33 46
Memphis (TN) 16,731 1,192 19 1.5% 2.1% 0.2% 28 20 47
Honolulu (HI) 1,070 80 15 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 54 52 48
New Orleans (LA) 10,281 316 14 0.9% 0.6% 0.1% 38 45 49
Buffalo (NY) 3,655 78 14 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 51 53 50
Portland (OR) 5,069 289 10 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 49 47 51
Guaynabo (PR) 1,922 23 6 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 53 55 52
Hagatna (GU) 276 28 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 55 54 53
Charlotte (NC) 20,004 89 2 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 24 50 54
Saipan (MP) 234 0 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 56 56 55
Tucson (AZ) 4,114 89 0 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 50 51 56