Analysis & Reports

In-depth analysis of patterns, trends, and disparities in U.S. immigration court data.

The Backlog Crisis

How the immigration court backlog grew from 200,000 to nearly 2 million cases — and why it keeps growing.

Asylum outcomes vary dramatically by judge. Same law, wildly different results.

Immigrants with lawyers win at 5x the rate. But only 26.7% have representation.

Your odds of winning asylum depend heavily on where your case is heard.

Record case closures, mass deportation orders, and what the numbers actually show.

How country of origin affects your chances — and what drives the differences.

In absentia removal orders — how many cases are decided without the immigrant present.

Immigration detention dramatically changes case outcomes and processing times.