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In the prepared remarks, McAleenan argued that a surge of migrant families and children who arrived at the border earlier this year had been driven by a lack of immediate legal consequences. The immigration court backlog has nearly doubled under Trump and now stands at more than a million cases, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. As a result, immigrants can wait years for the resolution of their cases.
“If we are unable to achieve fair and expeditious immigration results, with due process, and effectively repatriate those without valid claims to remain in the U.S., more will pay smugglers and make the journey and crisis levels of arrivals will continue,“ McAleenan said.
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