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The Biden administration now has nearly 17,000 migrants assigned to special courts dedicated to processing families seeking asylum quicker.
Why it matters: New data from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) gives another sign of just how many migrants — including families — have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to claim political asylum.
Nearly 12,000 migrants were added to the docket in August, according to TRAC.
Two-thirds of the more than 16,700 cases have been assigned to just six judges, portending new backlogs in a process designed to circumvent them.
One Boston immigration judge was assigned 129 cases in one day.
What they're saying: Multiple advocacy groups have condemned the administration's return to so-called "rocket dockets" for migrant families. There's concern the cases are decided too quickly — not giving migrants a fair shot.
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