The Changing Make-Up of Immigration Court Cases Now That Title 42 Has Ended

According to a new report by TRAC, the end of Title 42 coincides twith an increase in new Mexican and Central American cases in court alongside a decline in cases from South America and elsewhere.

A large influx of new Immigration Court cases was widely expected after the termination on May 11, 2023, of Title 42 — a public health policy that allowed individuals arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to be immediately expelled without a hearing. According to the latest data released by the Immigration Courts, this influx did not occur.

The largest segment (45%) of immigrants with new Immigration Court cases towards the end of Title 42 came from South America. Individuals from Venezuela and Colombia made up three out of every ten South Americans. The other countries with the largest numbers were Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil.

The next largest segment (22%) was from countries outside of North and South America. Here immigrants from India, Russia, and China were most numerous. These were followed by immigrants from Mauritania, Uzbekistan, and Turkey, each with closely similar numbers.

The remaining third came from countries north of South America. Leading the list were Central American countries accounting for 13 percent, followed closely by Caribbean nations with 11 percent. The rest were Mexicans who made up 8.5 percent. After Mexicans, the next largest nationalities were Haitians, followed by Nicaraguans, Hondurans and Guatemalans.

Read the report here: https://trac.syr.edu/reports/727/

– Austin K.