As federal agents continue to carry out immigration enforcement operations in Southern California, those arrested are entering a court system with a heavy backlog. The detainees going to immigration court to hear their cases that used to take a year to resolve are now taking three to five years,

Civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday in a bid to stop the government’s policy of allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to arrest undocumented migrants who show up for immigration hearings at courthouses.

ICE arrests in Colorado this year amount to more than 9 per day, on average, since Jan. 20, according to new data that shows a nearly 300% increase compared to the same period in 2024.