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Detention of unaccompanied minors(UAC)in removal  proceedings in NYC rose by 554% from federal FY2016 to FY2017. This trend has accelerated in federal 
FY2018, with the number of removal cases initiated    through March 2018 against detained UACs more than  double the total for all of FY2017.
The national backlog of immigration cases through March 2018 is over 692,000 and the backlog in NYC is over 90,000......[Citing TRAC data and research].				
			    
				
 
  
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