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"You need real solutions here, and the backlog has grown for decades, so this has been a long-standing problem," said co-director of the Syracuse University Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Susan Long.
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As the country continues to process the hundreds of thousands of migrants trying to seek legality in the United States, new data points to another issue: a shortage of immigration attorneys.
Thousands of migrants from all over the world cross into the United States monthly in hopes of starting a new life. Many of them who don't get immediately turned away and deported will be processed through the backlogged immigration court system.
"You need real solutions here, and the backlog has grown for decades, so this has been a long-standing problem," said co-director of the Syracuse University Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Susan Long.
Long said their latest research shows nearly 1.5 million immigration cases were filed last year across the United States. By the end of December, the immigration case backlog had grown to more than 3 million cases, according to her.
"Well that means there's three times as many immigrants needing attorneys there, so there's only so much supply," Long said.
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