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200,000 Immigration Court Cases Dismissed Because DHS Failed to File Paperwork
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(20 Mar 2024) Approximately 200,000 deportation cases have been thrown out by Immigration Judges since the start of
the Biden administration because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hadn’t filed the required
Notice to Appear (NTA) with the Court by the time of the scheduled hearing. Without a proper filing,
the Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case and the immigrants, often asylum seekers, lack a way to
move their case forward. See more...
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ICE Increases Use of GPS Monitoring for Immigrants in Alternatives to Detention (ATD)
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(15 Mar 2024) Since the start of the Biden administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) increasingly
relied on a smartphone app known as SmartLINK to expand the agency’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD)
program which monitors migrants who are not in detention. This trend coincided with a decrease in the
use of GPS ankle monitors which had long characterized ATD. See more...
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New Immigration Court Data Show New Cases Continue to Fall
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(13 Mar 2024) According to the latest Immigration Court records, the number of incoming cases
continues to decline. In February 2024 the Immigration Courts received 144,939 new
cases—10,000 fewer cases than arrived during January. This is sharply lower than the
265,000 cases that arrived two months ago during December. See more...
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Number of Detained Migrants Increases; Number of Migrants on ATD Decreases
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(29 Feb 2024) The number of detained immigrants has increased by over 45 percent over the last calendar year,
according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). By contrast, the number of individuals
enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program has decreased by 37 percent. As of late February 2024,
nearly 185,000 families and single individuals are enrolled in ATD, a drop from 293,000 enrolled at
this time in 2023. About 39,000 individuals are currently detained, up from 27,000 last year. See more...
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ICE Detention Numbers Increase While CBP Encounters and New Deportation Cases Drop
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(19 Feb 2024) Although the number of border encounters and new deportation cases dropped in January, the number of
people in immigrant detention increased. A total of 38,258 individuals are currently held in detention
by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), representing more than a thousand more people detained
than the end of December 2023 when 37,131 immigrants were held in detention on a single day. These
detention numbers stand in contrast to other frequently cited migration metrics. According to U.S.
Border Patrol, migrant encounters between ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border
dropped by 50 percent
in January 2024 compared to December 2023. Similarly, TRAC previously found that the
immigration courts received 110,000 fewer cases
over that same time span. In the second quarter of FY 2024, the rapid changes in other parts of the
U.S. immigration system seem to be trending in the opposite direction compared to the ICE detention
rates.
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