They're subsequently missing hearings, receiving deportation orders and being told they've abandoned any asylum claims at unprecedented rates. Those who favor stricter immigration laws see the swift hearings as a course-correction for a longstanding problem. At the start of the second Trump administration in January 2025, about 20% of people missed scheduled immigration court hearings nationwide, according to Mobile Pathways. A nonprofit group that tracks and analyzes immigration court data and gives that information to immigrants and other organizations. Jaime Diez, a veteran immigration attorney based in Brownsville, Texas, recently had almost 20 cases called in one day, nearly 10 times his previously normal pace.