Immigration study finds representation more than halves immigrant removal rate
11/20/2025
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A new study by the American Immigration Council found that only 26.9% of represented respondents in immigration removal proceedings, regardless of whether they were detained or not, were ordered removed, compared to 61.8 % of unrepresented respondents. It also found representation rates for non-detained respondents to range from a low of 39.8% in the South to a high of 58.3% on the Pacific Coast, and that “removals made up 79.6% of outcomes in FY 2019 (during the Trump administration) but only 40 percent in FY 2024 (during the Biden administration).”
