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The Texas Lawbook
August 17, 2026

Texas Immigration Court Backlog Tops 321,000 Amid Judge Shake-Up
By Mark Smith


Nearly 3.2 million cases were pending before U.S. immigration courts as of June, including 321,006 in Texas, the third-highest total in the country, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. Florida had the largest backlog, with 518,353 cases, followed by California, with 339,721.


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