His small law office in New England currently handles 5,000 immigration cases, many of them assigned to the Chelmsford Immigration Court, just outside Boston. The Chelmsford Immigration Court opened last year as a way to reduce the backlog on the overloaded Boston court, which used to process immigration cases for much of New England. Chelmsford and Boston are now the only courts located in New England, two of about 70 immigration courts and adjudication centers nationwide. Folders containing documents related to immigration cases are piled on a table in the office of Stephen Born, Esq. (Meredith Nierman/NPR | NPR)ICE’s novel strategy allows for more arrests from inside immigration courts The Trump administration has a novel strategy to boost arrests and reduce courts’ backlog: dismissing people’s immigration cases and immediately arresting them.