According to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access
Clearinghouse (TRAC) the average time a pending case has been waiting in
an immigration court has consistently risen since Fiscal Year 1998. In
Fiscal Year 2013, the average time hit a new high of 555 days. This
average wait time is different than the average processing time, which
would include all days until a case is closed and not just the open time
of cases. In 1998, the average wait time was 324 days; in 2012, it was
531 days.
TRAC also commented on the states that had the longest pending case
time. California topped the list at 696 days. Other states with long
pending case times were Nebraska, Ohio, Colorado, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and Minnesota, all of whom
averaged over 570 days each.
