Texas Immigration Court Backlog Tops 321,000 Amid Judge Shake-Up

Texas immigration courts are carrying one of the nation’s largest backlogs as the system has undergone a sweeping shake-up of more than 200 judges, coinciding with a rise in deportation orders.

Nearly 3.2 million cases were pending before U.S. immigration courts as of June, including 321,006 in Texas, the third-highest total in the country, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. Florida had the largest backlog, with 518,353 cases, followed by California, with 339,721.