Immigration court backlog
January 20, 2022
The U.S. immigration court backlog reached almost 1.6 million cases last year, with cases spiking between October and December according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. The backlog is almost equivalent to the size of Philadelphia’s population. Judges are unable to keep up with the influx of immigration cases, resulting in the largest increase on record last quarter. From October to December 2021, the immigration backlog increased by almost 140,000 cases. Contributing factors to the backlog include the pandemic causing court closures and the arrival of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/immigration-court-backlog/index.html