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U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Senate Hearing |
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October 18, 2023 |
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Preserving Due Process and the Rule of Law: Examining the Status of Our Nation’s Immigration Courts
By Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
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Witnesses cite TRAC data and reports throughout the Senate Hearing:
August 2023 saw a record number of new deportation cases arrive at the Immigration Court. A
total of 180,065 new Notices to Appear (NTAs) were issued during August Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) Immigration Report, Record Number of New Immigration Court Cases Arrive in August; Destinations for Asylum Seekers Shifting, Sep. 20, 2023,https://trac.syr.edu/reports/729/.
In the absence of a universal right to
counsel, a significant portion of people in removal proceedings — over 75 percent3 — had no legal
representation in non-detained cases. The representation rate is much lower for people held in
detention........[Citing TRAC data and reports]
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