The case-by-case data also reveal the types of individuals DHS is increasingly targeting. DHS alleged criminal activity for only an additional 55 individuals it sought to deport, compared with an additional 23,347 individuals it alleged had violated some immigration provision such as overstaying a visa or illegal entry. Alleged national security or terrorism charges -- always rare -- fell from 13 a year ago to just 2 in these latest March figures.

The published number of Immigration Judges available to decide cases has sharply declined from 735 at the end of FY 2024 to just 557 at the end of December 2025. This is chiefly due to the large number of judges the Trump administration has fired.

As a result, actual case closures while higher than case filings did not increase during this past year. Indeed, monthly case closures dipped slightly from 86,077 to 82,691 over the past year. In addition, despite many new policies to expedite closures, the average time to dispose of a case has grown to 803 days, up from 698 days just a year ago.

While the Immigration Court backlog has declined from 3.7 million cases at the end of the Biden administration to 3.3 million today, the average caseload for an immigration judge has steadily grown. Each judge is currently responsible for nearly 6,000 cases, up from around 5,000 at the end of FY 2024.

These growing judge caseloads also result in longer wait times. The average number of days individuals have already been waiting for a resolution of their cases is now 882 days, and this doesn't include additional wait time until their hearing is scheduled. For immigrants in the backlog who have already filed asylum applications, the average wait time until their hearing is scheduled has grown to 1,764 days. Increasing numbers have yet to have even a hearing scheduled.

TRAC has added the latest posted Immigration Court case-by-case data to its online tools on its website at tracreports.org. These track immigration enforcement over time and allow users to drill into many additional details.

To always be sure of having the latest metrics, our TRACmeters at the top of the immigration section track key figures. These include the latest figures on the number of relief versus removal orders issued, as well as the Court's overall case and asylum backlogs. Clicking on the entry in a TRACmeter brings you to a Quick Facts page showing more detail with "see more data" links to a specific free web query tool.