Cubans, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans Increase in Immigration Court Backlog

Cubans, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans Increase in Immigration Court Backlog

"The fastest growing segments of the Immigration Court backlog are now Cubans, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans... The majority (52%) of the court's active backlog continues to come from the three northern triangle countries of Central America (Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador) and Mexico. Among these nations, the largest number are from Guatemala with 237,061 waiting for their court hearings, followed by Hondurans with 195,198, and Mexicans with 183,263 cases in the backlog."

"Despite the many actions by the Trump Administration designed to stem the growth in the Immigration Court backlog, the court's backlog continues to climb. In just the three-month period from October through December 2019 the backlog has grown by 65,929 new cases. The court ended December 2019 with 1,089,696 in its active backlog"

https://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/591/?utm_source=E-mail+Updates&utm_campaign=a7cc096969-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_24_01_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7dc4c5d977-a7cc096969-45102005