Removal orders issued against immigrants who failed to appear for court hearings more than doubled in New York City in June, coinciding with the Trump administration’s rollout of large-scale immigration proceedings known as “mega master” hearings, according to a new report by nonprofit data group bklg.org.
The report found that immigration judges in New York City issued 4,447 removal orders in absentia—against people who missed their hearings—in June, up from 2,189 in May. Nationwide, judges issued 53,808 such orders during the month, a 55% increase from May and the highest monthly total since the federal government began tracking the data in the late 1990s.
The increase reported by bklg followed the expansion of “mega master” hearings, which began in New York in early June after being introduced in Illinois and Massachusetts. Under the policy, a single immigration judge may handle more than 100 cases in a day, roughly double the size of a traditional master calendar docket.
Hearings that had previously been scheduled months or even years in the future were often moved up with only weeks—or, in some cases, days—of notice. According to bklg.org, the median advance notice for immigration hearings fell from roughly 180 days over the past several years to 98 days in May and just 42 days in June.
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