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Immigration judges increased their rate of completed cases by 50% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 over the same period last year, adjudicating nearly 200,000 cases from October through December 2023, according to data released Friday.
In that time, immigration judges issued nearly 64,000 deportation orders, accounting for about 35% of completed cases, according to the latest case-by-case immigration court records obtained and analyzed by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, or TRAC.
Honduras was the country of origin with the highest number of cases that resulted in a deportation order.
Just under 16% of immigrants, including unaccompanied children, had an attorney in cases where a removal order was issued in December, according to the new data.
The jurisdiction with the highest number of completed cases for the quarter was Harris County, Texas, which includes the city of Houston, with 11,503 residents having their cases completed. More than 87,000 cases in the county are still pending, according to TRAC.
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