In October 2024, 7,000 Mexicans were deported from the United States, the highest figure for this group in a decade, according to an analysis by the Immigration Court with records obtained by the TRAC center at Syracuse University in New York. The increase in deportations is due to the rise in orders issued by judges for Mexicans to leave the country. For example, in October 2023, 7,814 cases involving Mexicans were closed, and deportation was determined in 37% of them.
By October 2024, the number of Mexicans who completed their cases had risen to 10,944, and 66% were ordered to be deported, 20 percentage points above the national average. The TRAC analysis revealed that, as of the end of October, of 3,724,095 backlogged cases, 1,669,221 immigrants had sought asylum and were awaiting their hearings or judicial decisions. Additionally, 87,620 new cases were filed in immigration courts by October of that year, with 81,472 cases resolved during that period.
Miami-Dade in Florida had the highest number of residents with pending deportation cases in the Immigration Court as of the end of October. During the fiscal year up to October 2024, immigration judges issued expulsion and voluntary departure orders in 46.4% of completed cases, totaling 35,657 deportation orders.
As of October 2024, only 14.2% of immigrants, including unaccompanied minors, had legal representation in their cases in court when the expulsion order was issued.
