Putting TRAC to Work
Government — Immigration Hearing
Hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Improving Efficiency and Ensuring Justice in the Immigration Court System
May 18, 2011
Written Statements
	The heavy emphasis on enforcement by the administration has led to a sharp increase in caseloads. At the same time, the Department of Justice faces budget cuts across the board, and can no longer hire judges to keep up with the caseload. As a result, the case backlog rose 44 percent from the end of fiscal year 2008 to the end of the calendar year 2010. Chairman Patrick Leahy   Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) chaired a hearing on the Immigration Court System citing TRAC data. Written statement of Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy Written statement of Julie Myers Wood President, ICS Consulting, LLC Former Assistant Secretary, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security Written statement of Karen T. Grisez, on behalf of the American Bar Association
	Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University Copyright 2011