ICE Prosecutorial Discretion Initiative:
Latest Figures

Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM (Eastern US)

1. What is TRAC?
   • Research Center at Syracuse University (established 1989)
     • TRAC Website
     • About TRAC
     • TRAC Immigration
   • Co-directors: Professors Susan B. Long and David Burnham
   • Self-supporting: Webinar funded by Four Freedoms Fund


2. Data obtained by TRAC FOIAs to monitor ICE prosecutorial discretion
   • Where the data come from: case-by-case records on all Immigration Court Proceedings
     • see About the Data
   • Terminology: Basic types of court outcomes
     • Deportation orders (removal, voluntary departure)
     • Allowed to stay in U.S. (relief, termination, adminstrative closure)


3. Latest TRAC reports: Monitoring ICE Prosecutorial Discretion
   • ICE Prosecutorial Discretion Initiative: Latest Figures, April 19, 2012
   • Historic Drop in Deportation Orders Continues as Immigration Court Backlog Increases, April 24, 2012


4. Overview of TRAC Findings
   • Magnitude and pace of prosecutorial discretion closures
   • Magnitude and pace nationwide
   • Composition by type of closure
   • Baltimore and Denver pilots (Dec. 4, 2011 - Jan. 13, 2012)
   • 59 hearing locations had activity
   • Lack of transparency and unreliable ICE information
   • Broader implications of initiative
   • Impact on Immigration Court regular closures
   • Impact on Immigration Court backlog


5. Where you can get more details -- by court, hearing location, nationality -- TRAC online data and tools


6. Discussion - attendee questions