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January 19, 2022
Congress mulls independent immigration courts as backlog soars By Suzanne Monyak
	This has been really persistent and accelerating,” said TRAC’s director, Susan Long. “Will that pace continue? I don't have a crystal ball. But I don't see anything on the horizon that's going to change that either.   The immigration backlog has grown by more than 17 percent — or roughly 250,000 cases — since June 2021, when the case backlog stood at roughly 1.36 million, according to data released Tuesday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a Syracuse University research center. The backlog grew by nearly 24 percent since December 2020, it found. “This has been really persistent and accelerating,” said TRAC’s director, Susan Long. “Will that pace continue? I don't have a crystal ball. But I don't see anything on the horizon that's going to change that either.” External Link
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