Data from the Department of Homeland Security and immigration court statistics.

Biden Administration Introduces Fast-Track Immigration Court Docket for Single Adults, Cutting Time to Months

May 16, 2024, 11:42 PM

The Biden administration has announced a new fast-track immigration court docket aimed at speeding up the adjudication of cases for recent border crossers. This initiative, referred to as the 'Recent Arrivals' docket, is designed to accelerate the removal process for newly arrived migrants who do not qualify for asylum while allowing those who do qualify to achieve protection more quickly. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on this process to make immigration hearings more efficient. This move comes in response to the growing backlog of deportation cases amidst the ongoing border crisis. The new process will cut the time it takes to decide asylum claims from years to months for some single adults.