Key Messages
- Immigration Division (ID) finalized 12,129 detention reviews (DR) and 1,584 admissibility hearings (AH) in Fiscal Year 2019-20, meeting the demand of intake.
- ID intake was 13,752 in Fiscal Year 2019-20 – an increase of 6% compared to Fiscal Year 2018-19.
- ID intake was 2,804 from April to October 2020, a decrease of 66% compared to the same period in 2019.
Background
Admissibility hearings
| Fiscal year |
|---|
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 12 months ending Oct. 2020 |
|---|
| Received | 2,098 | 1,866 | 1,686 | 1,696 | 1,178 |
| Finalized | 1,975 | 1,988 | 1,685 | 1,584 | 1,012 |
| Pending | 666 | 544 | 544 | 656 | 544* |
*pending as of October 31, 2020
Detention reviews
| Fiscal year |
|---|
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 12 months ending Oct. 2020 |
|---|
| Received | 11,502 | 10,805 | 11,308 | 12,056 | 7,105 |
| Finalized | 11,553 | 10,791 | 11,251 | 12,129 | 7,315 |
| Pending | 360 | 362 | 375 | 300 | 182* |
*pending as of October 31, 2020
- The Division strives to continuously meet intake – finalizing cases within legislative time limits 96% of the time.