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The number of pending U.S. immigration cases has reached a historic high amid the current surge in border crossings.
The backlog in U.S. immigration cases shot past 3 million in November, according to data from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). That's up from 2 million cases in November 2022.
The Biden White House accelerated hiring of new judges during its first three years, boosting the current total nationwide to 682, according to TRAC. What's more, judges are now closing out one-third more cases than they were in 2019.
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