{"meta":{"dataset":"immigration-courts","title":"Immigration court backlog, representation and asylum outcomes (EOIR workload statistics and case data)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23739986","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739986","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23739985","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Immigration court backlog, representation and asylum outcomes (EOIR workload statistics and case data), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739986, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Immigration court backlog, representation and asylum outcomes (EOIR workload statistics and case data) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23739986","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts from the Executive Office for Immigration Review's published statistics and case data, kept for marketing planning. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change, a count is not a case outcome, and eligibility, deadlines and strategy are a matter for each person's own lawyer.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/immigration-courts/jurisdictions/US.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/immigration-courts/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"US","records":[{"id":"eoir-us-pending","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Pending cases","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"On June 30, 2026, the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, EOIR reported 3,469,569 cases pending in the immigration courts, against 3,722,776 at the end of fiscal year 2025 and 3,924,993 at the end of fiscal year 2024, the highest year-end count in the table from fiscal year 2016.","value":3469569,"unit":"cases","effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","history":[["2016",826505],["2017",975995],["2018",1108319],["2019",1391386],["2020",1551996],["2021",1694255],["2022",2105316],["2023",2811599],["2024",3924993],["2025",3722776],["2026Q3",3469569]],"detail":"Pending = removal, deportation, exclusion, asylum-only and withholding-only cases, at the end of each fiscal year (the last row is the end of the latest quarter).","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: Pending Cases, New Cases, and Total Completions","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344791/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 36cb0272f877e4a1","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344791/dl?inline","table":"Pending Cases, New Cases, and Total Completions","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-new-cases","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"New cases (initial receipts)","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"From October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, EOIR received 391,145 new cases, an average of 43,461 a month, against 562,375 in all of fiscal year 2025 (46,865 a month).","value":391145,"unit":"cases","perMonth":43461,"effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","history":[["1983",5765],["1984",11552],["1985",24483],["1986",37979],["1987",39885],["1988",67215],["1989",112283],["1990",103429],["1991",93772],["1992",88997],["1993",106594],["1994",125711],["1995",159301],["1996",197447],["1997",211880],["1998",184074],["1999",162490],["2000",159857],["2001",176108],["2002",178526],["2003",193000],["2004",199491],["2005",271633],["2006",246484],["2007",213380],["2008",225869],["2009",255033],["2010",247180],["2011",238156],["2012",212933],["2013",196618],["2014",230172],["2015",192995],["2016",228450],["2017",295259],["2018",316131],["2019",547236],["2020",369578],["2021",244264],["2022",707529],["2023",1206102],["2024",1783905],["2025",562375],["2026Q3",391145]],"detail":"Initial receipts = removal, deportation, exclusion, asylum-only and withholding-only cases. History runs from fiscal year 1983; the last value covers only the months to the quarter end.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: New Cases and Total Completions","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1395636/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 591e5546026905c0","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1395636/dl?inline","table":"New Cases and Total Completions","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-completions","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Total completions","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"From October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, immigration judges completed 660,343 cases, an average of 73,371 a month, against 798,808 in all of fiscal year 2025 (66,567 a month).","value":660343,"unit":"cases","perMonth":73371,"effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","history":[["1983",903],["1984",2126],["1985",9483],["1986",27259],["1987",37899],["1988",60117],["1989",72945],["1990",81677],["1991",101784],["1992",87250],["1993",89382],["1994",106511],["1995",140117],["1996",184506],["1997",194305],["1998",189444],["1999",172050],["2000",164052],["2001",159460],["2002",170105],["2003",197696],["2004",209050],["2005",264538],["2006",273217],["2007",222171],["2008",228824],["2009",231598],["2010",222261],["2011",219130],["2012",186061],["2013",155938],["2014",141665],["2015",143636],["2016",143479],["2017",163071],["2018",195144],["2019",277073],["2020",232311],["2021",115965],["2022",314831],["2023",526812],["2024",705249],["2025",798808],["2026Q3",660343]],"detail":"Total completions = initial case completions plus subsequent case completions.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: New Cases and Total Completions","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1395636/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 591e5546026905c0","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1395636/dl?inline","table":"New Cases and Total Completions","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-representation","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Representation rate, completed cases","period":"FY2025","status":"P","text":"In fiscal year 2025, 55% of completed cases (excluding in absentia orders, terminations and dismissals) had a representative on record: 143,614 of 263,133. The rate was 77% for completed asylum cases, 89% for completed cases of unaccompanied children and 76% for completed appeals.","value":55,"unit":"percent","represented":143614,"total":263133,"effectiveFrom":"2024-10-01","effectiveTo":"2025-09-30","universes":{"appeals":{"ratePct":76,"represented":18292,"total":24074,"unrepresented":5782},"asylum":{"ratePct":77,"represented":186821,"total":243137,"unrepresented":56316},"completed":{"ratePct":55,"represented":143614,"total":263133,"unrepresented":119519},"uac":{"ratePct":89,"represented":10441,"total":11681,"unrepresented":1240}},"detail":"Representation is recorded when a representative of record is noted in EOIR's case system; a person whose representative has not yet filed Form EOIR-28 counts as unrepresented.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: Current Representation Rates","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344931/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2025-11-18","vintage":"sha256 1827110ab5896d60","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344931/dl?inline","table":"Current Representation Rates","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 60 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"eoir-us-asylum-decisions","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Asylum decisions","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"From October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, immigration judges issued 254,680 asylum decisions in all: 7,231 grants, 89,740 denials, 92,081 abandonments, 44,062 not adjudicated, 18,251 withdrawn and 3,315 administrative closures.","value":254680,"unit":"decisions","effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","outcomes":{"grants":7231,"denials":89740,"abandonment":92081,"notAdjudicated":44062,"withdrawn":18251,"adminClosure":3315},"history":[["2016",54709],["2017",53540],["2018",63473],["2019",91434],["2020",76127],["2021",46113],["2022",158601],["2023",222263],["2024",270313],["2025",267922],["2026Q3",254680]],"detail":"Initial case completions only. Includes affirmative and defensive applications decided in completed proceedings or in proceedings that were administratively closed.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: Asylum Decisions","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344851/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 e13ddcbc6def6fce","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344851/dl?inline","table":"Asylum Decisions","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-asylum-grant-rate","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Asylum grants as a share of grants and denials","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"Of 96,971 asylum decisions that were a grant or a denial from October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, 7,231 were grants, or 7.5%; in fiscal year 2025 it was 24.4%.","value":7.5,"unit":"percent","effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","history":[["2016",42.5],["2017",37.5],["2018",33.1],["2019",29.4],["2020",26],["2021",34.4],["2022",45.9],["2023",48.1],["2024",45.7],["2025",24.4],["2026Q3",7.5]],"detail":"Computed by Probative as grants divided by grants plus denials, from EOIR's Asylum Decisions table. Abandonments, withdrawals, administrative closures and cases not adjudicated are left out of the denominator. EOIR does not publish this rate.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: Asylum Decisions","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344851/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 e13ddcbc6def6fce","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344851/dl?inline","table":"Asylum Decisions (grants and denials columns; the rate is computed by Probative)","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-asylum-applications","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Asylum applications pending","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"At the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 (June 30, 2026), 2,324,099 asylum applications were pending before the immigration courts. 199,069 were filed in the fiscal year to that date: 69,852 affirmative and 129,217 defensive.","value":2324099,"unit":"applications","effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","filed":199069,"history":[["2016",411908],["2017",524189],["2018",620623],["2019",784622],["2020",868911],["2021",957556],["2022",1259816],["2023",1781532],["2024",2530933],["2025",2508982],["2026Q3",2324099]],"detail":"Pending applications at the end of each fiscal year as of the time EOIR generated the data.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: Total Asylum Applications","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344871/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 8a992ec066842f1f","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344871/dl?inline","table":"Total Asylum Applications","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-uac-pending","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Pending cases of unaccompanied children","period":"2026Q3","status":"P","text":"At the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 (June 30, 2026), 16,560 cases of unaccompanied children were pending, 9,906 of them for more than five years.","value":16560,"unit":"cases","effectiveFrom":"2025-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-06-30","history":[["2016",29784],["2017",38987],["2018",44642],["2019",49455],["2020",56185],["2021",61648],["2022",57918],["2023",44082],["2024",31436],["2025",22884],["2026Q3",16560]],"detail":"Excludes mental competency (Franco) cases, Institutional Hearing Program cases, Migration Protection Protocols cases and cases with a 7A adjournment.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics: Pending Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) Cases","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344946/dl?inline","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, Workload and Adjudication Statistics (index page)","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/workload-and-adjudication-statistics","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","release":"Data generated 2026-07-24","vintage":"sha256 bfd09e76537f500f","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344946/dl?inline","table":"Pending Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) Cases","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"},{"id":"eoir-us-foia-pending","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"national","measure":"Pending proceedings, FOIA case data","period":"2026-10-01","status":"P","text":"EOIR's case data of October 1, 2026 lists 3,037,977 pending proceedings (removal, deportation, exclusion, asylum-only and withholding-only, with no judge's decision date). A representative of record is on file for 1,537,301 of them, or 50.6%.","value":3037977,"unit":"proceedings","represented":1537301,"representedPct":50.6,"effectiveFrom":"2026-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-10-01","byType":{"AOC":6808,"DEP":1291,"EXC":81,"RMV":3026485,"WHO":3312},"years":{"2010":394,"2011":1163,"2012":1897,"2013":3067,"2014":5041,"2015":6434,"2016":10704,"2017":22796,"2018":34780,"2019":71462,"2020":55227,"2021":79258,"2022":241334,"2023":681187,"2024":884102,"2025":473549,"2026":452657,"before 2010":126},"atCutDate":{"date":"2026-06-30","pending":3179553},"detail":"Counted from the file, not copied from EOIR's published total. Applying the same rule to the June 30, 2026 cut gives 3,179,553, which is 290,016 fewer than the 3,469,569 EOIR published for that date, so the two series are shown side by side and never added or spliced.","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, FOIA case data (EOIR Case Data.zip), release 2026-10-01","url":"https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, case data code key","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/eoir-case-data-code-key/download","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","file":"EOIR Case Data.zip","table":"B_TblProceeding, A_TblCase, tbl_RepsAssigned","release":"2026-10-01","vintage":"sha256 a1d0394d31a6b810","url":"https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 60 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"eoir-nat-ve","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"nationality","measure":"Pending proceedings, respondents from Venezuela","period":"2026-10-01","status":"P","text":"EOIR's case data of October 1, 2026 lists 480,005 pending proceedings for respondents from Venezuela, 15.8% of the 3,037,977 nationwide; a representative of record is on file for 29.3%.","value":480005,"unit":"proceedings","nationality":"Venezuela","nationalityCode":"VE","shareOfPending":15.8,"represented":140450,"representedPct":29.3,"effectiveFrom":"2026-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-10-01","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, FOIA case data (EOIR Case Data.zip), release 2026-10-01","url":"https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, case data code key","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/eoir-case-data-code-key/download","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","file":"EOIR Case Data.zip","table":"B_TblProceeding (NAT), tbl_RepsAssigned","release":"2026-10-01","vintage":"sha256 a1d0394d31a6b810","url":"https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. EOIR says its statistics are subject to change.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 60 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"eoir-nat-mx","dataset":"immigration-courts","jurisdiction":"US","jurisdictionName":"United States","scope":"nationality","measure":"Pending proceedings, respondents from Mexico","period":"2026-10-01","status":"P","text":"EOIR's case data of October 1, 2026 lists 400,724 pending proceedings for respondents from Mexico, 13.2% of the 3,037,977 nationwide; a representative of record is on file for 50.9%.","value":400724,"unit":"proceedings","nationality":"Mexico","nationalityCode":"MX","shareOfPending":13.2,"represented":204116,"representedPct":50.9,"effectiveFrom":"2026-10-01","effectiveTo":"2026-10-01","sources":[{"label":"EOIR, FOIA case data (EOIR Case Data.zip), release 2026-10-01","url":"https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"EOIR, case data code key","url":"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/eoir-case-data-code-key/download","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review","file":"EOIR Case Data.zip","table":"B_TblProceeding (NAT), tbl_RepsAssigned","release":"2026-10-01","vintage":"sha256 a1d0394d31a6b810","url":"https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Counts only, as published by EOIR. 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