EOIR immigration court backlog reaches 3.3 million pending cases up from 800,000 in 2017

EOIR's immigration court backlog surpasses 3.3 million pending cases, according to Syracuse University's TRAC Immigration data, a fourfold increase from roughly 800,000 pending cases when Trump's first term began in 2017. The backlog reflects decades of underfunding, a surge in asylum applications at the southern border, and policy shifts by successive administrations. The Biden administration increases the number of immigration judges to over 700, but the backlog continues to grow faster than cases are resolved.