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The Epoch Times
May 10, 2026

San Francisco Immigration Court to Permanently Close This Year
By Lear Zhou


The San Francisco court formerly was an immigration hub with around 20 judges and a nearly 71 percent grant rate for asylum and other relief, much higher than the 47.9 percent nationwide. It now has two judges remaining. More than 117,000 cases were are currently pending in the San Francisco Immigration Court, according to data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University (TRAC). Most of these cases will be reassigned to the Concord court, which currently has four immigration judges and a case backlog of 58,980.


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