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TRAC: Pending Immigration Court cases reach all-time high

Friday, October 22, 2010, By News Staff

According to a new analysis of data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a new, all-time high of 261,083 matters by the end of September 2010. The case backlog has continued to grow鈥攗p 5.3 percent鈥攕ince TRAC’s last report three months ago, and is more than a third higher (40 percent) than levels at the end of fiscal year聽2008.

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is a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization at 黑料不打烊. The purpose of TRAC is to provide the American people鈥攁nd institutions of oversight such as Congress, news organizations, public interest groups, businesses, scholars and lawyers鈥攚ith comprehensive information about staffing, spending and enforcement activities of the federal government.