Immigration Court Outcomes for Unaccompanied Children as of April 2015 Outcome Total Pending Decided Decided in absentia Removal Voluntary Departure Terminate Proceedings Grant Relief Pros. Discretion Other Closure Decided with migrant present Removal Voluntary Departure Terminate Proceedings Grant Relief Pros. Discretion Other Closure 2015* 2014 2013 2012 11971 10114 1857 1119 1114 1 2 0 2 0 738 281 143 92 8 4 210 60748 43138 17612 9371 9348 2 15 0 0 4 8241 1406 652 2272 117 161 3633 22192 10915 11277 3948 3934 0 14 0 0 0 7329 760 676 2680 171 748 2294 11463 3293 8170 2655 2644 2 8 0 0 1 5515 844 1079 1911 229 437 1015 Fiscal Year Case Began 2011 2010 2009 6434 1057 5377 1317 1313 1 3 0 0 0 4060 736 1072 1250 244 263 495 7175 771 6404 1636 1633 0 3 0 0 0 4768 798 1593 1286 294 276 521 5728 323 5405 1178 1175 1 2 0 0 0 4227 1036 1526 866 332 195 272 2008 2007 2006 2005 6250 151 6099 1422 1414 0 6 0 0 2 4677 2168 1061 607 383 165 293 7052 110 6942 1816 1804 4 6 0 0 2 5126 2297 1376 538 467 174 274 7909 89 7820 2652 2622 5 23 0 0 2 5168 2059 1763 502 398 119 327 8910 74 8836 3786 3658 12 114 0 0 2 5050 1894 1571 679 535 56 315 * Through April Source: TRAC, “Juveniles – Immigration Court Deportation Proceedings,” accessed May 28, 2015, available at http://trac.syr.edu/phptools/immigration/juvenile/. For definitions of outcomes, please see TRAC’s “About the Data” page at http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/359/include/about_data.html.