Immigration Court Caseload Going Up and Up
Earlier this week, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Statistics Yearbook. We have been providing some snapshots of the the data.
Immigration Court Completions by Language: The Top 5
Asylum Grants by Country of Nationality: The Top 25
Immigration Court Case Completions: Representation by Counsel Increases over the Last Five Years
Pages W1-3 of the EOIR Statistics Yearbook includes data on pending cases in the immigration courts and Board of Immigration Appeals.
The number of pending cases in the immigration courts has grown by 59% since FY 2010 and by 18% since the end of FY 2013.
Immigration Court Pending Cases
FY10 262,681
FY11 298,088
FY12 327,506
FY13 356,030
FY14 418,861
The New York City and Los Angeles immigration courts have the most pending cases by quite a margin, with both having more than 50,000 cases pending.
The heavy immigration court caseloads has led well-know immigration judge Dana Marks to question the legitimacy of the decisionmaking.
In contrast, BIA pending cases decreased by 28% from FY 2010 to FY 2014 and has declined each year since 2011.
BIA Pending Cases
FY10 30,133
FY11 30,329
FY12 24,822
fy13 22,941
fy14 21,843
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