U.S. Immigration Court Backlog Infographic
The United States Immigration Court system is backlogged almost 700,000 cases. Some people are waiting approximately 20 years for their hearing. Of those 700,000 people over 88,000 of them are unaccompanied and unrepresented minors. These minors, some as young as three years old are representing themselves in court.
THE SOLUTION
To bring awareness to this cause I developed an infographic displaying the number of pending cases, the wait time, and the number of unaccompanied and unrepresented minors per nationality. The inner ring displays the number of pending cases, the outer ring shows the approximate wait time, and the color represents the number of unrepresented minors.
DETAILS
Albania has approximately 100 unaccompanied minors, 1,161 pending cases, and a wait time of approximately 20 years.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
This project taught me about research and organization. I found that there are many ways to organize data, however the real challenge is making an overwhelming amount of information digestible to the average viewer, as well as aesthetically pleasing.