{"id":156708,"date":"2026-04-29T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/?p=156708"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:34:07","slug":"wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wisconsin Watch is testing a new approach to data storytelling: news applications. As a first step, we\u2019re launching a tool to track activities in federal immigration courts nationwide, designed with local and state-level interests in mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 5 million people entered the federal immigration court system between 2020 and 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many were new arrivals handed notices to appear in court shortly after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Others spent years in the U.S. before landing in deportation proceedings. Nearly 40,000 listed addresses in Wisconsin.<br><br>Federal immigration courts are a function of the U.S. Department of Justice, not the federal judiciary. The roughly 550 immigration judges in courts scattered across the U.S. are appointees; since President Trump returned to office in January 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/23\/g-s1-110911\/trump-immigration-judges-dismissals-numbers#:~:text=Cuts%20nationwide%2C%20with%20some%20courts,accounting%20for%20recent%20new%20hires.\">their numbers have fallen by about a quarter, including nearly 100 judges whom the administration fired over the past year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The courts primarily hear deportation cases, though immigrants can also seek asylum and other forms of relief through the court system, albeit only as a defense against deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wisconsin Watch frequently relies on federal immigration court data to shape our reporting, but navigating the data is no small task. The DOJ\u2019s Executive Office for Immigration Review updates a vast public dataset of immigration court records monthly \u2014 the result of repeated public records requests from the nonprofit data analytics organization <a href=\"https:\/\/tracreports.org\/\">Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.<br><br><\/a>While other tools to explore that data exist, we have learned through trial and error that extracting local- or state-level insights is easiest when we do it ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to make those insights accessible to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our immigration court tracker provides national, state, county and court-level summary details about the millions of immigrants placed in deportation proceedings over the past five years. It tracks the nationalities of immigrants with cases before the courts, the volume of new and active cases and the share of immigrants with legal representation, among other metrics, all summarized in brief \u201cexplainers\u201d available through the dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"map-embed-card\"\nstyle=\"position: relative; width: 100%; max-width: 800px; height: 450px; margin: 2rem auto; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; background-color: #222; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0.3), rgba(0,0,0,0.3)), url('https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/Wisconsin-Watch\/eoir_app\/refs\/heads\/main\/eoir_app.png?token=GHSAT0AAAAAADTPECRERSMAUL3V4OR2Z53O2PH3NTQ'); background-size: cover; background-position: center; border: 1px solid #333;\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/?p=1316455\" target=\"_blank\"\nstyle=\"text-decoration: none !important; display: flex; width: 100%; height: 100%; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border: none !important;\">\n\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 16px 32px; background: #FF9F1C !important; color: #000 !important; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; border-radius: 4px; letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-shadow: none !important; box-shadow: 0 4px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);\">\nOpen the Tracker\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The underlying data is an important counterpart to our recent reporting on <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/2026\/04\/wisconsin-ice-immigration-customs-enforcement-activity-arrests-shifting-targets-latest-data\/\">the past year\u2019s worth of ICE activity in Wisconsin<\/a>. Wisconsin-level data often parallels our past coverage, and it will continue to inform our approach to covering immigration.<br><br>This is a living project, and we welcome your suggestions. If you find a way to use the dashboard \u2014 as a reporter, student or otherwise \u2014 please tell us how. The records offer far more detail than this dashboard currently provides, but we can update and upgrade our offerings in response to feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It won\u2019t be our last news application. We want to make public data as accessible as we can, so we will roll out more tools for you to explore.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s part of a new approach to data storytelling: news applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":2811,"featured_media":156709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_post_subtitle":"It\u2019s part of a new approach to data storytelling: news applications.","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","republication-tracker-tool-hide-widget":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5915],"tags":[909,9966,3894],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[10195],"class_list":["post-156708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-justice","tag-immigration","tag-news","tag-wisconsin-watch","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s part of our new approach to data storytelling: news applications.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s part of our new approach to data storytelling: news applications.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/milwaukeenns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-29T22:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1233\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Kiefer \\\/ Wisconsin Watch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c4511c3c7547b6b4cf223797cd5c56bc\"},\"headline\":\"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-29T22:30:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":459,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Immigration\",\"news\",\"wisconsin watch\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Criminal justice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-29T22:30:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"It\u2019s part of our new approach to data storytelling: news applications.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1233,\"caption\":\"Screenshot of federal immigration court data tracker, 2020-2025\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service\",\"description\":\"Your neighborhood. Your News.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Milwaukee NNS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/mnns-logo-updated-v1-1.png?fit=546%2C151&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/mnns-logo-updated-v1-1.png?fit=546%2C151&ssl=1\",\"width\":546,\"height\":151,\"caption\":\"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/milwaukeenns\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/milwaukeenns\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/milwaukeenns\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/milwaukee-neighborhood-news-service\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c4511c3c7547b6b4cf223797cd5c56bc\",\"name\":\"Paul Kiefer \\\/ Wisconsin Watch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/cropped-cropped-asse20250915-Paul-Kiefer-portrait-Timmerman-001-96x96.jpg23d35588e463077efccde6ded6efd2d5\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/cropped-cropped-asse20250915-Paul-Kiefer-portrait-Timmerman-001-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/cropped-cropped-asse20250915-Paul-Kiefer-portrait-Timmerman-001-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Paul Kiefer \\\/ Wisconsin Watch\"},\"description\":\"Paul Kiefer joined Wisconsin Watch in September 2025 as a Roy W. Howard fellow, focusing largely on immigration and data reporting. He grew up in Washington state, first setting foot in a newsroom as a teenage producer-in-training at a Seattle public radio station. He went on to cover criminal justice in Washington for both the Seattle news site PubliCola and InvestigateWest. He headed east in 2023, finding work as a state politics reporter for Delaware Public Media before receiving a master\u2019s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and interning with the Washington Post\u2019s metro desk.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/author\\\/pkiefer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker","description":"It\u2019s part of our new approach to data storytelling: news applications.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker","og_description":"It\u2019s part of our new approach to data storytelling: news applications.","og_url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","og_site_name":"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/milwaukeenns","article_published_time":"2026-04-29T22:30:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1233,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/"},"author":{"name":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c4511c3c7547b6b4cf223797cd5c56bc"},"headline":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker","datePublished":"2026-04-29T22:30:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/"},"wordCount":459,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1","keywords":["Immigration","news","wisconsin watch"],"articleSection":["Criminal justice"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","name":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-04-29T22:30:00+00:00","description":"It\u2019s part of our new approach to data storytelling: news applications.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1","width":2560,"height":1233,"caption":"Screenshot of federal immigration court data tracker, 2020-2025"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/","name":"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service","description":"Your neighborhood. Your News.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Milwaukee NNS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#organization","name":"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service","url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mnns-logo-updated-v1-1.png?fit=546%2C151&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mnns-logo-updated-v1-1.png?fit=546%2C151&ssl=1","width":546,"height":151,"caption":"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/milwaukeenns","https:\/\/x.com\/milwaukeenns","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/milwaukeenns\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/milwaukee-neighborhood-news-service"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c4511c3c7547b6b4cf223797cd5c56bc","name":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-asse20250915-Paul-Kiefer-portrait-Timmerman-001-96x96.jpg23d35588e463077efccde6ded6efd2d5","url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-asse20250915-Paul-Kiefer-portrait-Timmerman-001-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-cropped-asse20250915-Paul-Kiefer-portrait-Timmerman-001-96x96.jpg","caption":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch"},"description":"Paul Kiefer joined Wisconsin Watch in September 2025 as a Roy W. Howard fellow, focusing largely on immigration and data reporting. He grew up in Washington state, first setting foot in a newsroom as a teenage producer-in-training at a Seattle public radio station. He went on to cover criminal justice in Washington for both the Seattle news site PubliCola and InvestigateWest. He headed east in 2023, finding work as a state politics reporter for Delaware Public Media before receiving a master\u2019s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and interning with the Washington Post\u2019s metro desk.","url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/author\/pkiefer\/"}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker","url":"http:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/29\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1"},"articleSection":"Criminal justice","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch"}],"creator":["Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service","logo":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mnns-logo-updated-v1-1.png"},"keywords":["immigration","news","wisconsin watch"],"dateCreated":"2026-04-29T22:30:00Z","datePublished":"2026-04-29T22:30:00Z","dateModified":"2026-04-29T22:30:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Wisconsin Watch launches immigration court data tracker\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/29\\\/wisconsin-watch-launches-immigration-court-data-tracker\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1\"},\"articleSection\":\"Criminal justice\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Paul Kiefer \\\/ Wisconsin Watch\"}],\"creator\":[\"Paul Kiefer \\\/ Wisconsin Watch\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/milwaukeenns.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/mnns-logo-updated-v1-1.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"immigration\",\"news\",\"wisconsin watch\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-04-29T22:30:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-29T22:30:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-29T22:30:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/milwaukeenns.org\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/asseScreenshot-2026-04-21-at-1.59.24-PM-scaled-1.png?fit=2560%2C1233&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":152914,"url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/04\/05\/wisconsin-immigration-plunges-yet-still-fuels-nearly-half-of-growth-census-data\/","url_meta":{"origin":156708,"position":0},"title":"Immigration to Wisconsin plunges, yet still fuels nearly half of population growth","author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","date":"April 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"As fewer immigrants arrived, 21 Wisconsin counties lost population. Seven more would have declined without immigration.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Community","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/category\/news\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Net international migration to Wisconsin rebounds after 2020 drop, peaks near 20,000","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/127.0.0.1_5500_header_image.html-2-scaled-1.png?fit=1200%2C622&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/127.0.0.1_5500_header_image.html-2-scaled-1.png?fit=1200%2C622&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/127.0.0.1_5500_header_image.html-2-scaled-1.png?fit=1200%2C622&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/127.0.0.1_5500_header_image.html-2-scaled-1.png?fit=1200%2C622&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/127.0.0.1_5500_header_image.html-2-scaled-1.png?fit=1200%2C622&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":159910,"url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/05\/24\/wisconsin-woman-immirgration-case-ice-bond-release-hearings-ruling-reopening\/","url_meta":{"origin":156708,"position":1},"title":"Wisconsin mother granted bond in challenge to ICE detention rule","author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","date":"May 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Sheboygan Falls woman tested a federal appeals court ruling against a Trump administration policy barring many ICE detainees from seeking release on bond.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Community","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/category\/news\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A person in shorts walks past a building labeled \"U.S. Department of Homeland Security\" with an American flag on a pole outside.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54689619400_fd08baa771_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54689619400_fd08baa771_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54689619400_fd08baa771_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54689619400_fd08baa771_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54689619400_fd08baa771_k.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":148926,"url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2026\/03\/08\/wisconsin-immigrants-ice-immigration-detention-federal-appeals-court-jail-bond\/","url_meta":{"origin":156708,"position":2},"title":"Immigrants fight ICE detention in federal court \u2014 and increasingly win","author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","date":"March 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"After a federal appeals board barred most detained immigrants from seeking bond, filings challenging their confinement surged in Wisconsin and nationwide. Wisconsin judges have ruled for detainees more than half the time.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Community","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/category\/news\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A person walks past a large stone building with arched windows and American flags, looking down at a phone while cars are parked along the street.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/asseG84A9656-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/asseG84A9656-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/asseG84A9656-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/asseG84A9656-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/asseG84A9656-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":134079,"url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2025\/10\/30\/milwaukee-wisconsin-ice-immigration-arrests-asylum-seekers-tactics-venezuela\/","url_meta":{"origin":156708,"position":3},"title":"ICE arrests of asylum seekers in Milwaukee show shifting tactics","author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","date":"October 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Venezuelan couple arrested during a routine immigration check will try to continue their asylum cases while detained hundreds of miles away from each other.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal justice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal justice","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/category\/news\/community\/criminal-justice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICE.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICE.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICE.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICE.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICE.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":131593,"url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2025\/09\/30\/a-decade-of-immigration-in-wisconsin-in-9-charts\/","url_meta":{"origin":156708,"position":4},"title":"What you need to know about immigration trends in Wisconsin\u00a0","author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","date":"September 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Immigration hearing and arrest data illustrate where new immigrants to Wisconsin originated, where they settled and how they\u2019ve fared in immigration court.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Community","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/category\/news\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A building entrance is shown with a sign that says \"55 Immigration Court Enter at 55 East Monroe\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/asseChicago-immigration-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/asseChicago-immigration-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/asseChicago-immigration-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/asseChicago-immigration-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/asseChicago-immigration-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132152,"url":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/2025\/10\/12\/rapid-deportations-leave-immigrant-families-in-the-dark\/","url_meta":{"origin":156708,"position":5},"title":"Rapid deportation push leaves immigrant families in the dark","author":"Paul Kiefer \/ Wisconsin Watch","date":"October 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The pace of the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown and lack of transparency have disoriented affected families and overwhelmed immigration attorneys.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal justice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal justice","link":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/category\/news\/community\/criminal-justice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"People stand near hoses. Their faces are not shown.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/asse6547366.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/asse6547366.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/asse6547366.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/asse6547366.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/asse6547366.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156708"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158683,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156708\/revisions\/158683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156708"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=156708"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milwaukeenns.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=156708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}