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11 Years of Government Data Reveal That Immigrants Do Show Up for Court | American Immigration Council

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WASHINGTON—A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immigrants attend their immigration court hearings, and those who fail to appear in court often did not receive notice or faced hardship in getting to court. As the new administration of President Joe Biden considers how to reform the immigration system, including the immigration courts, this report reveals how reliance on detention, access to legal representation, and immigration judges’ docket management impact immigrants’ appearance rate. The report draws on government data from 2,797,437 immigration court removal proceedings held between 2008 to 2018. It documents how individuals who were never detained and those who were released from detention proceeded through court and what obstacles they

11 Years of Government Data Reveal That Immigrants Do Show Up for Court - American Immigration Council Skip to content 11 Years of Government Data Reveal That Immigrants Do Show Up for Court Press Releases Published: January 27, 2021 Topics: Due Process and the Courts , Immigration Courts Share: WASHINGTON— A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “ Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court ,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immig

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