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According to Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, immigration courts have a backlog of 3.46 million cases. Of those, 2.2 million immigrants are awaiting asylum hearings.
According to the Transnational Records Access Clearinghouse, a record number of 57,861 detainees are being held in U.S. custody.
The group says that ICE has the capacity to house 62,913 nationally at any one time. But that number is expected to rise as Congress has authorized more funding for immigration enforcement.
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