U.S. Immigration Courts Completed 7.3 Percent More Cases in FY 2015
Immigration Court judges were able to complete almost 200,000 cases last year, up 7.3 percent from the year before, according to the latest available case-by-case court records, current as of the close of fiscal year 2015. Preliminary figures from TRAC Immigration indicate a total of 198,105 case completions for FY 2015 (from October 2014 through September 2015) as compared with 184,597 for FY 2014. Because the total only includes information as of September 30, this number may rise once any delayed recordings of case outcomes become available. This marks the first time in six years that Immigration Court closings have risen rather than fallen, halting the downward slide in case completions that had been observed since FY 2009.
This table lists the states with the largest numbers of immigration court case closings.
Table 2. States With Greatest Number of Immigration Court Case Closings
| State | FY 2014 | FY 2015 | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Entire U.S. |
184,597 | 198,105 | 7.3% |
| California | 32,649 | 37,333 | 14.3% |
| Texas | 33,268 | 35,330 | 6.2% |
| New York | 19,455 | 20,358 | 4.6% |
| Florida | 16,245 | 16,639 | 2.4% |
| Georgia | 8,466 | 10,647 | 25.8% |
| Arizona | 9,016 | 8,733 | -3.1% |
| Louisiana | 4,138 | 6,178 | 49.3% |
| Illinois | 6,755 | 6,150 | -9.0% |
| Virginia | 4,981 | 5,868 | 17.8% |
| North Carolina | 5,318 | 5,280 | -0.7% |