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Table 7. Immigration Court Filings by Nationality

  FY2017
Nationality FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 OBAMA TRUMP
All 214,498 201,284 264,658 193,074 242,856 57,233 11,040
Mexico 107,037 75,921 65,962 56,204 51,002 10,842 3,156
Guatemala 20,246 24,631 39,830 35,722 48,365 11,630 1,391
El Salvador 16,694 24,683 51,460 34,090 59,338 13,055 1,344
Honduras 14,166 22,742 57,210 22,730 36,200 8,836 1,079
Haiti 1,861 1,983 1,417 1,351 3,817 2,680 830
China 10,222 7,195 7,405 6,000 5,171 1,324 543
India 1,950 4,385 2,785 3,287 4,678 1,179 453
Ecuador 3,230 4,793 6,066 3,701 3,915 824 243
Cuba 3,581 2,684 1,351 1,240 1,057 258 126
Brazil 1,382 1,007 1,082 1,364 2,693 715 120
Nepal 770 822 894 1,086 1,082 218 111
Bangladesh 341 460 1,046 1,281 1,134 188 97
Dominican Republic 2,977 2,750 2,488 2,104 1,872 328 78
Eritrea 178 148 218 273 352 159 73
Soviet Union 359 333 222 209 239 86 69
Pakistan 618 583 542 730 810 266 60
Nicaragua 1,170 1,367 1,650 990 1,105 349 59
Peru 1,243 1,284 1,314 843 899 234 56
Somalia 273 361 422 851 542 98 46
Colombia 1,500 1,492 1,184 1,117 955 207 44
Sri Lanka 325 246 198 243 191 30 41
Iraq 231 248 316 352 293 102 41
Philippines 1,067 922 731 501 443 80 36
Guinea 213 137 126 124 262 78 35
Russia 681 507 447 485 374 94 34
Armenia 170 179 246 364 543 108 34
Jamaica 1,890 1,661 1,267 1,062 936 189 33
Ukraine 444 345 344 482 445 149 33
Ghana 414 501 492 777 891 123 30
Unknown Nationality 95 99 108 72 72 40 29
Egypt 610 431 486 510 394 88 26
Nigeria 604 686 717 649 556 130 26
Romania 1,016 632 514 512 1,910 176 24
Syria 201 451 327 320 273 64 22
Cameroon 325 402 430 322 516 176 21
Saudi Arabia 156 201 179 193 146 41 21
Burkina Faso 162 167 190 169 141 23 19
Venezuela 627 462 476 405 528 130 17
Vietnam 601 461 418 378 330 61 17
Gambia 304 134 118 119 148 55 15
Albania 252 461 568 166 200 54 15
Trinidad and Tobago 463 416 311 265 226 32 14
Ethiopia 429 544 702 495 350 93 14
Poland 426 293 244 212 205 23 14
Iran 321 305 339 339 203 49 14
Jordan 256 223 304 300 210 43 14
Senegal 246 169 118 119 269 51 14
Canada 691 559 494 377 305 50 13
Turkey 232 206 233 223 205 51 13
Georgia 65 66 50 71 87 20 12
Costa Rica 302 277 239 147 137 35 11
Israel 251 309 346 263 143 28 11
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) 145 190 195 163 121 29 11
United Kingdom 335 318 240 195 177 31 10
Uzebekistan 162 142 191 134 148 25 10
Sudan 158 125 157 88 92 25 10
Rwanda 68 109 67 71 36 16 10
Ivory Coast (Cote D'ivoire) 210 142 99 104 88 12 9
Indonesia 274 135 118 97 53 8 8
Mali 235 147 128 119 120 17 8
Belize 197 210 164 118 149 20 8
Lebanon 169 170 131 146 77 23 8
Afghanistan 108 81 95 95 137 38 8
Zimbabwe 100 53 61 42 41 6 8
Burma (Myanmar) 95 69 98 76 64 15 8
Togo 53 29 42 43 77 20 8
Angola 22 33 38 60 55 17 8
South Korea 472 406 330 249 155 35 7
Uganda 112 71 88 66 55 11 7
Yemen 81 93 76 82 85 21 7
Federated States of Micronesia 53 46 62 46 63 32 7
Azerbaijan 43 46 54 41 25 5 7
Bolivia 259 201 239 147 110 21 6
Argentina 177 205 152 125 75 22 6
Congo 82 88 85 100 75 30 6
Libya 63 21 42 35 24 13 6
Kenya 594 352 446 425 201 40 5
Guyana 276 248 224 202 155 31 5
Mongolia 199 98 86 89 63 13 5
Thailand 194 186 165 110 86 15 5
Kosovo 70 76 83 52 75 26 5
Algeria 46 30 33 28 30 5 5
Moldavia (Moldova) 233 201 138 188 104 33 4
Bahamas 150 168 94 86 67 11 4
Chile 148 124 106 90 66 14 4
Kazakhstan 135 123 114 130 76 15 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina 128 131 114 121 88 24 4
Sierra Leone 127 89 93 65 63 26 4
South Africa 88 95 64 47 41 8 4
Malaysia 73 47 56 35 49 5 4
Palestine 24 28 29 17 33 8 4
Bhutan 11 13 15 25 17 8 4
Liberia 240 182 151 126 119 39 3
Morocco 151 124 117 119 76 11 3
Italy 117 112 107 70 85 19 3
Bulgaria 107 70 67 43 44 6 3
Spain 93 98 81 52 47 15 3
Uruguay 84 77 45 43 36 7 3
Stateless - Alien Unable to Name A Country 67 43 39 49 39 16 3
Democratic Republic of Congo 66 78 73 88 89 23 3
Serbia Montenegro 59 60 46 41 36 11 3
Mauritania 57 48 71 68 44 9 3
Cambodia 161 126 106 99 64 11 2
Cape Verde 121 63 41 39 37 5 2
France 90 100 68 59 48 5 2
Barbados 70 36 45 27 22 3 2
Fiji 60 49 38 39 27 6 2
Japan 60 45 38 27 27 3 2
Ireland 59 43 39 31 33 6 2
Taiwan 54 62 42 44 44 8 2
Netherlands 50 50 31 19 18 6 2
Slovak Republic 43 32 18 12 19 4 2
Australia 40 41 41 40 24 8 2
Guadeloupe 10 11 22 16 45 7 2
United Arab Emirates 7 8 15 11 6 2 2
North Korea 7 6 6 1 4 1 2
Laos 256 210 156 111 108 24 1
Panama 154 144 79 86 80 8 1
Germany 133 151 95 95 75 11 1
Hungary 89 58 50 40 36 4 1
Yugoslavia 74 68 61 44 31 9 1
Lithuania 71 53 31 22 22 4 1
Tajikistan (Tadzhik) 64 50 50 55 36 2 1
Grenada 64 43 41 29 25 4 1
Macedonia 56 50 26 35 34 14 1
St. Lucia 53 54 42 37 24 4 1
Greece 46 54 45 20 24 2 1
Tunisia 36 31 41 32 24 4 1
Paraguay 34 28 13 11 22 4 1
Latvia 28 24 24 15 11 2 1
Kuwait 25 22 22 41 15 7 1
Croatia 23 21 8 17 11 3 1
Central African Republic 17 16 18 16 8 0 1
Montenegro 16 14 12 15 13 3 1
The Republic of Palau 16 11 18 6 10 5 1
Malawi 16 11 16 9 9 4 1
Djibouti 15 12 17 15 8 9 1
Suriname 15 5 7 12 10 1 1
Macau 12 11 9 3 5 2 1
Czechoslovakia 10 12 6 1 2 0 1
Norway 10 4 4 3 6 0 1
Netherlands Antilles 5 2 3 3 2 0 1
Namibia 4 4 2 4 4 0 1
Swaziland 3 0 3 4 2 1 1
Solomon Islands 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Midway Islands 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Portugal 146 102 81 66 82 15 0
Belarus 117 75 58 69 50 7 0
Tonga 70 36 29 29 20 3 0
Niger 65 42 34 42 32 9 0
Tanzania 64 82 128 52 39 11 0
Burundi 63 60 46 64 52 22 0
Czech Republic 62 51 31 21 22 6 0
Dominica 59 59 27 27 23 7 0
Zambia 45 35 31 28 17 1 0
Byelorussia (Belarus) 45 15 10 0 1 0 0
Antigua and Barbuda 39 37 31 19 18 4 0
Hong Kong 32 13 20 20 23 5 0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 30 30 32 30 15 1 0
Benin 26 34 34 34 29 7 0
Sweden 24 34 19 14 17 3 0
Samoa 23 26 15 9 16 1 0
St. Kitts, West Indies 22 32 25 18 9 3 0
Turkmenistan 22 17 14 16 13 4 0
Estonia 20 16 17 11 6 1 0
Bermuda 18 9 3 5 2 0 0
New Zealand 17 27 16 25 14 2 0
The Republic of the Marshall Islands 16 25 22 25 16 4 0
Gabon 16 14 19 11 7 7 0
Singapore 15 15 10 5 13 4 0
Belgium 14 24 21 8 10 1 0
Turks and Caicos Islands 12 6 3 4 6 2 0
Denmark 11 8 11 4 4 1 0
British Virgin Islands 10 8 5 0 1 0 0
Cayman Islands 10 6 1 1 3 0 0
Chad 9 17 25 24 14 2 0
Austria 8 13 7 8 6 0 0
South Sudan 7 9 24 8 17 5 0
Switzerland 7 8 7 10 3 1 0
Cyprus 7 5 4 7 1 0 0
Bahrain 7 4 2 7 0 0 0
Niue 7 3 5 0 0 0 0
Anguilla 6 5 2 1 2 0 0
Finland 6 3 3 6 2 3 0
Mozambique 5 4 2 6 6 0 0
Botswana 5 4 2 3 4 0 0
Iceland 5 1 4 1 6 1 0
Mauritius 4 6 1 4 1 0 0
Montserrat 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
Slovenia 4 1 1 3 2 0 0
Holland 3 12 36 5 18 1 0
Zaire 3 10 3 0 0 0 0
East Germany 3 7 20 9 13 2 0
Guinea Bissau 3 3 4 7 6 0 0
Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 0 3 1 0
Seychelles 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
Equatorial Guinea 2 3 5 3 6 3 0
Qatar 2 2 4 2 3 2 0
Comoro Islands 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
Oman 2 1 0 3 1 0 0
Brunei 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 1 6 1 1 2 0 0
Madagascar 1 2 3 3 0 0 0
Aruba 1 2 2 3 1 0 0
Lesotho 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Upper Volta 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Gaza Strip 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Luxembourg 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Sao Tome and Principe 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
No Nationality 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Sahara 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martinique 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
People's Republic of Benin 0 1 1 2 5 0 0
French Polynesia 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Kiribati 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Reunioun 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
St. Christopher-Nevis 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Cocos Island 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Faeroe Island 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kampuchea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
East Timor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
French Guiana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
San Marino 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nauru 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Heard and Mcdonald Islands 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Christmas Islands 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 1 0