According to data from the Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse (TRAC), U.S. Immigration Courts face a backlog of nearly 400,000 cases as of the end of July 2014. This backlog increased by almost 75,000 since the start of fiscal year 2013.
The greatest backlog was seen in the California Immigration Courts, with 81,022 cases. Texas ranked second with 69,625 backlogged cases, and New York ranked third with 57,204 cases.
According to TRAC’s report, the longest wait times were reported in Imperial, California, where a backlog of 1,208 cases waited an average of 857 days to be resolved. Omaha, Nebraska also had long wait times; 4,992 cases waited an average of 840 days.
