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Immigration detainees' habeas petitions rose 20-fold in 2025

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: US Federal Civil Cases API – 10.9M District Court Cases Since 1988

20Immigration detainees' habeas petitions rose · as of 2026-11-07

9,156 habeas corpus petitions from immigration detainees were filed in federal court in 2025, against 446 in 2024. The previous high was 2,286 in 2020. Kristi Noem was named in 7,118 cases and Pam Bondi in 5,408.

04,1278,25512,382201520162017201820192020202120222023202420259,156 Detainee habeas8,358 Other immigratio
Detainee habeasOther immigration
YearDetainee habeasOther immigration
20157921,125
20161,2151,504
20171,5911,433
20181,5891,431
20191,3821,952
20202,2862,387
20216744,999
20223108,122
202340711,226
202444612,382
20259,1568,358

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Federal Judicial Center civil case data, filings through 2026-06-30. Counts cases, not people.

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Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

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