The Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review has released its statistics from fiscal year 2010 for immigration courts, the BIA (Board of Immigration Appeal) and OCAHO (Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer). The full report is available on the DOJ website. Here are some of the highlights:
- Immigration Court receipts increased by 12% between 2006 and 2010.
- Only 43% of the Noncitizens in Immigration Court were represented.
- 51% of those who applied for Asylum were granted it.
- 44% of immigration court cases involved a detained noncitizen.
- The number of appeals to the BIA has decreased for the five last years.
- Only 8% of immigration court cases were appealed to the BIA.