“In absentia” means in the person’s absence. This page shows EOIR’s official national count of in absentia removal orders and, by court, how often completed proceedings were marked in absentia.
National in absentia removal orders
311,130
orders in FY2025 · official EOIR publication
National in absentia removal orders
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Latest year
311,130FY2025
Highest year
311,130FY2025
Lowest year
8,556FY2021
Published years
5FY2021–FY2025
National in absentia removal orders
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Total records
8,556
62,916
160,504
223,502
311,130
Removal, deportation and exclusion cases · report generated 2026-07-24
Completed proceeding records marked in absentia, by court
These percentages describe the flag in EOIR’s CASE export among dated removal, deportation and exclusion proceeding decisions. They use a different definition from the official national order total above.
These flags can be filtered by court and nationality, not by judge.
National summary and published national annual series; current court/nationality filters do not carry over.: JSONMarkdown
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EOIR public CASE data
Used on this page: Recorded proceeding absence flags
Official source coverageFY2016–FY2025 · Complete fiscal years; FY2026 · partial fiscal year through 2026-06-30
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