McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) — The pace of migrants being ordered deported by U. S. immigration judges so far this fiscal year is 50 percent higher than in 2019, the peak year for the Trump administration, according to a new report.
According to a report from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse ( TRAC ), U.S. immigration judges have ordered 137, 000 people to be deported in the first six months of Fiscal Year 2024. In addition, roughly half a million immigrants have been deported by Border Patrol and U.S. immigration officials in that time.
” Compared with maximum removal in FY 2019 during the previous management, the pace of new treatment orders now is 50 percent greater. According to TRAC’s report,” Best Places With the Most Immigrants Just Ordered Deported,” the rise in elimination orders coincides with the rise in the ranks of immigration judges under the present administration.
A top U. S. management official this month told investigators that from May 12, 2023 — when Title 42 was lifted — until April 17, the Biden presidency has removed over 690, 000 people, most of whom crossed the Southwest borders. That included more than 105, 000 community individuals from 170 countries around the world.
The Mexican government recently released a report on the number of workers it has received so far in 2024, with the majority going to surrounding Honduras and Guatemala.
TRAC obtained data on individual imprisonment cases, including places, which found most treatment of migrants — almost 11, 000 — occurred in New York City, followed by Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston, where 8, 336 imprisonment orders were issued. Other cities include:
- Los Angeles County, California, with nearly 6, 000 removals ordered.
- Dallas County, Texas, had 2, 815 removals.
- Miami- Dade County, Florida, had 2, 521 removals ordered.
- Montgomery County, Texas, outside Houston, with nearly 2, 000 removals.
- Travis County, Texas, which includes Austin, with 1, 664 removals ordered.
- Orange County, California, with 1, 576 removals.
- Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, with 1, 527 removals.
The report notes that although Cook County, Illinois, had more asylum- seekers, the number of removal orders places it at only 10th in the United States.
According to the report, the length of the immigration court cases that were completed in the past six months was average of 2.5 years, or 942 days. Cases resulting in removal orders were swifter — 627 days on average, TRAC reports.
Cases in which immigration judges granted asylum or another form of relief took an average of 3.7 years to complete, or 1, 361 days. According to TRAC, 3. 5 million immigration cases are currently awaiting resolution.
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at [email protected].
