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How to read the statistics

What the “Statistics” tab shows: judges and courts, USCIS forms and ICE, block by block.

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  1. 01 · Courts

    Three tabs

    Courts, USCIS and ICE. No sign-in needed. Locked blocks open with Premium.

  2. 01 · Courts

    My chances

    Choose a judge or just a court, a nationality, and whether you have an attorney. You can clear this block or hide it with a swipe.

  3. 01 · Courts

    Judge or court

    You can view the numbers below by judge or for the whole court: all time, 5 years, 3 years or the current year.

  4. 01 · Courts

    Filters

    Choose a specific judge and nationality, and the numbers recalculate.

  5. 01 · Courts

    Which decisions to count

    “Final hearings” or “All decisions”. The ⓘ icon explains the calculation: the approval rate counts only approvals and denials.

  6. 01 · Courts

    With and without an attorney

    How many cases had a representative, and the approval rate with and without an attorney.

  7. 01 · Courts

    Approval rate

    How many requests for protection from deportation were approved, how many were denied, and how that changed by year.

  8. 01 · Courts

    By country

    Each country’s share of all cases, the number of cases and the approval rate.

  9. 01 · Courts

    How cases end

    All types of decisions with their count and share: from voluntary departure to protection under the Convention Against Torture.

  10. 01 · Courts

    Locked blocks

    These blocks are blurred and marked “Available with Premium”. The “Unlock” button leads to the subscription; guests are asked to sign in first.

  11. 02 · USCIS

    USCIS reports

    At the top are the data date and the form buttons: I-485, I-589, I-765 and others. They lead to the statistics for each form.

  12. 02 · USCIS

    Pending cases

    How many cases are waiting for a decision on each form and across all of USCIS. The arrow and percentage show how the backlog has changed.

  13. 02 · USCIS

    Form card

    The key numbers for one form: the backlog, how many have waited over 6 months, how many were filed. The arrow opens the details.

  14. 02 · USCIS

    Form page

    Pending cases, how many were filed and completed in the quarter, and how many years of backlog that makes. Under each number: the change from the previous quarter.

  15. 02 · USCIS

    Locked tiles

    Approved, referred to court, approval rate: these tiles open with Premium.

  16. 02 · USCIS

    Chart

    How the backlog changed by quarter. The slider at the bottom selects the period.

  17. 03 · ICE

    ICE and the border

    Arrests, detention, police and ICE, the border. There are no locks on this tab.

  18. 03 · ICE

    Arrest risk

    Answer the questions and the app shows an estimate based on ICE data about people in a similar situation. Your answers aren’t sent anywhere.

  19. 03 · ICE

    Key numbers

    How many arrests, how many people in detention, how many agencies work with ICE, and how many apprehensions at the border.

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