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October 22, 2024

Report: Immigration courts broke records in fiscal 2024
By Bethany Blankley


The number of cases before federal immigration judges totaled nearly 1.8 million, a record, in fiscal 2024, according to the latest analysis by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan, independent research organization. The record number of cases before federal immigration courts is up from a previous high of 1.4 million new cases in fiscal 2023, TRAC notes in a news release accompanying the latest data from its Immigration Court Quick Facts tool. The tool includes data related to federal immigrant detention, court cases and prosecutions, among other information. Federal immigration courts reported receiving 1,798,964 new cases in fiscal 2024, of which 911,289 cases were completed, according to TRAC’s analysis.


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