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According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a government data tracker housed at Syracuse University, the immigration court backlog is far outgrowing representation.
At the end of 2019, 660,366 immigrants had representation in immigration court, and 363,401 didn’t, according to TRAC.
By the end of 2023, 987,770 immigrants found representation, but backlogs grew so much that 2,299,288 people did not have representation.
A rule implemented in November 2022 making it somewhat simpler for attorneys to provide limited advice in immigration cases has had some success, resulting in legal aid reaching immigrants 23,516 times as of the end of May.
And legal representation is a game changer in immigration court.
In June, 25,064 cases without representation ended in an order of removal, while just 3,506 cases with representation led to an order of removal. Conversely, 3,925 cases with representation led judges to grant relief, while only 229 cases without representation came to that end.
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