to eliminate the case backlog in immigration court
Eliminate the backlog in immigration court.
Occurrences
Evidence
EOIR said it completed more than 722,000 cases in the first 11 months of FY 2025 and reduced its pending immigration-court caseload by over 447,000 cases since Jan. 20, 2025, bringing the pending caseload from more than 4.18 million to under 3.75 million. EOIR said reducing the immigration court backlog is one of its highest priorities.
EOIR’s workload statistics page was updated May 19, 2026 and continues to publish active immigration-court workload data, indicating the court system still has a live backlog and ongoing caseflow rather than a completed elimination of backlog.
EOIR stated that reducing the immigration court backlog remains a top priority and said it had reduced the backlog by over 380,000 cases since Jan. 20, 2025. The announcement of 42 immigration judges is a concrete staffing action tied to backlog reduction.
EOIR issued an interim final rule to streamline Board of Immigration Appeals appellate review and said the changes were intended to ensure timely adjudications and avoid adding to the already sizeable backlog at the Board.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to eliminate the immigration-court backlog. Official EOIR data and DOJ announcements show meaningful reductions in the pending caseload during the current term, but they also clearly show the backlog still exists and has not been eliminated. That means the specific promised result was not delivered. Because the evidence reflects real progress toward the goal rather than completion, partial credit is most appropriate. There is no clear evidence here that Rep. Delia C. Ramirez personally controlled or directly delivered these executive-branch actions, so this should not be scored as full delivery, and the effort badge is not warranted on the present record.