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The Philadelphia Inquirer
August 13, 2026

Immigration courts in Pa., N.J., and Del. issued record number of deportation orders in June
By Joe Yerardi


The states’ record high figures and sharp month-over-month increases match the trend nationwide, as the country saw such orders rise by a third, to nearly 87,000. Nationally, more than 960,000 of these orders have been issued since Trump returned to office. June’s increases reflect a steady rise in such orders since then. Compared with January 2025, removal and voluntary departure orders were up nearly 300% in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and more than 280% in New Jersey. Nationally, removal orders were up almost 160%. The data were published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data gathering and research organization that regularly acquires and analyzes such data from EOIR.


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