Data & Analysis
Charts, data, and analysis on immigration law trends.
The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued 76 precedential decisions since January 2025. Sixty-five were unfavorable to respondents, one was favorable, and ten were neutral. An 86% unfavorable rate in the Board's published law — with every case linked to its page in our database.
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BIA appeals filings nearly doubled in FY2025 to 99,589 — while completions stayed flat at 35,362. The pending backlog surged past 200,000 for the first time. This chart tracks a decade of BIA appeals volume showing the growing gap between filings and completions.
A new report from NPR reveals that ICE's 287(g) program, which deputizes local police to enforce federal immigration law, has exploded under President Trump's second term. As of February 2026, ICE reports 1,427 active agreements across 40 states, up from just 45 in 2019.
Read more →If you entered the United States without authorization or overstayed a visa, you may be subject to what immigration law calls the 'unlawful presence bars' — a three-year bar if you were unlawfully present for more than 180 days, or a ten-year bar for more than a year.
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