Most Released Families Attend Immigration Court Hearings

  • Organization: TRAC
  • Document Type: Report
  • Date Created: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
  • Attachment(s): LINK

The latest case-by-case records from the Immigration Courts indicate that as of the end of May 2019 one or more removal hearings had already been held for nearly 47,000 newly arriving families seeking refuge in this country. Of these, almost six out of every seven families released from custody had shown up for their initial court hearing. For those who are represented, more than 99 percent had appeared at every hearing. Thus, court records directly contradict the widely quoted claim that "90 Percent of Recent Asylum Seekers Skipped Their Hearings."

Topics:
  • Other Family
  • Immigration Court