Nearly 200,000 Deportation Cases Have Been Tossed Over Late DHS Paperwork During the Biden Administration

The overall percentage of cases dismissed over Notice to Appear paperwork errors has also gone up during the Biden administration.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent speaks with illegal immigrants at a transit center near the U.S.–Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 19, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

Nearly 200,000 deportation cases have been thrown out during President Joe Biden’s administration because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hadn’t filed the necessary court appearance paperwork to proceed with the removals, according to a new analysis of the cases.

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data research organization sponsored by Syracuse University, released a new report on March 20 detailing the rates at which deportation cases are being derailed when U.S. immigration authorities fail to file a key document known as a notice to appear (NTA).