Immigration Courts:
Drop in Deportation Orders

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 2:00pm EST

1. What is TRAC?
   • Research Center at Syracuse University (established 1989)
     • TRAC Website
     • About TRAC
     • TRAC Immigration
   • Co-directors: Professors Susan B. Long and David Burnham
   • Self-suppprting: Webinar funded by Four Freedoms Fund


2. Data obtained by TRAC FOIAs to monitor ICE prosecutorial discretion
   • Where the data come from: case-by-case records on all Immigration Court Proceedings
     • see About the Data
   • Terminology: Basic types of court outcomes
     • Deportation orders (removal, voluntary departure)
     • Allowed to stay in U.S. (relief, termination, admin closure)
   • Terminology: Charge (the legal basis ICE alleges for seeking deportation order)
     • Violating immigration rules (entered illegally, overstayed visa, violated other procedures)
     • Engaged in criminal activity
     • Terrorist or national security risk


3. TRAC report series: Monitoring ICE Prosecutorial Discretion
   • Latest data: FY 2012 (Oct - Dec 2011) ... historic drop ... deportation orders
   • Trends FY 2011 " ... 29.5% allowed to stay in U.S. ..."
   • Previous report: "ICE Seeks to Deport the Wrong People"
   • Index to other TRAC immigration reports


4. Demonstration of accompanying TRAC User App:
   • U.S. Deportation Outcomes by Charge
   • Immigration Court Processing Time by Outcome
   • Immigration Court Processing Time by Charge
   • Index to other tools


5. TRAC needs your feedback (see webinar evaluation questions)
   • What was most helpful/not helpful?
   • Suggestions to improve User Apps
   • Suggestions for additional webinars on TRAC data