THE FOLLOW UP
STATEMENT

USCIS reports issuing about 196,600 Notices to Appear since January 20

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USCIS case records or DHS statistics confirming the number of Notices to Appear issued by USCIS officers since January 20.

Source summary
This is a DHS press release summarizing the department’s reported accomplishments during President Trump’s first year back in office (January 20, 2025–January 2026) and outlining priorities for 2026. The release highlights claimed declines in southwest border encounters and increased removals, criminal enforcement figures from ICE and CBP, Coast Guard drug seizures, FEMA fiscal recoveries and reforms, expanded training and hiring across DHS components, new counter-drone procurement efforts, and cybersecurity and event-security preparations for America250 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Numbers and policy changes are presented as DHS assertions and planned actions.
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The claim appears in official USCIS and DHS communications, but EOIR/immigration-court data do not publish a single public tally attributing all Notices to Appear to USCIS by date that matches 196,600; EOIR publishes new case receipts by DHS component in PDFs and data tables, but publicly available EOIR monthly/annual files through Dec 2025 do not show an independently verifiable cumulative USCIS-issued NTA count of ~196,600 since Jan 20. USCIS/DHS statements provide the figure, so the claim is supported by the agencies but cannot be independently corroborated in public EOIR datasets as of 2026-01-20. Verdict: Unclear — agency claims exist, but independent public data to verify the exact number are not available.

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Next scheduled update: Mar 20, 2026
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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Mar 20, 2026
  2. Completion due · Mar 20, 2026
  3. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 03:08 AMUnclear
    The claim appears in official USCIS and DHS communications, but EOIR/immigration-court data do not publish a single public tally attributing all Notices to Appear to USCIS by date that matches 196,600; EOIR publishes new case receipts by DHS component in PDFs and data tables, but publicly available EOIR monthly/annual files through Dec 2025 do not show an independently verifiable cumulative USCIS-issued NTA count of ~196,600 since Jan 20. USCIS/DHS statements provide the figure, so the claim is supported by the agencies but cannot be independently corroborated in public EOIR datasets as of 2026-01-20. Verdict: Unclear — agency claims exist, but independent public data to verify the exact number are not available.
  4. Original article · Jan 20, 2026
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