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In the fiscal year 2020’s third-quarter ending on June 30, the backlog stood at 1,206,369, but there is no breakdown by immigration court, according to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR is an agency under the U.S. Department of Justice that oversees the immigration court.
However, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University breaks down the data by immigration court locations. As of August, TRAC’s most recent total count of pending cases for the fiscal year 2020 was 1,246,164 nationwide, with 191,774 of them in California.
The court in San Francisco has the largest backlog in the state, with a total of 72,657 pending cases, according to TRAC. The court in Sacramento has a backlog of 3,374 pending cases.
The Central Valley doesn’t have an Immigration Court, forcing local immigrants to travel to San Francisco or, occasionally, Sacramento.
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