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That backlog continues to grow, as migrants continue to flee violence in Central America. Arrests at the border have risen 400 percent this year, compared to last year, according to Border Patrol statistics. And those arrests have a direct impact on immigration courts across the country, including North Carolina.
In response, the Justice Department under Pres. Trump has also been on a hiring spree, adding more than 128 immigration judges since 2017.
The latest figures show judges are actually spending more time on cases, 95 days on average, compared to last year. But denial rates are increasing. Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse which tracks immigration judges’ records says 65 percent of asylum cases were denied in 2018, the highest since it started recording judges in 2001.
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