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Nationally, recent data show that more than 500,000 children are facing pending deportation cases in U.S. immigration courts, part of a broader backlog of about 3.3 million cases, according to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research center at Syracuse University that tracks immigration court cases.
Cases begin with master calendar hearings, which are short procedural hearings where judges confirm basic information and schedule future court dates. Dozens of cases are often handled in one session.
Immigration courts, which are administrative and not criminal or civil, are not required to provide lawyers to migrants. As of February 2026, about 46% of juveniles in Omaha’s immigration court lack legal representation, according to TRAC data.
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