The US immigration system was currently dealing with a backlog of 3.7 million court cases, which would take around four years to resolve at the current pace. However, a new report has revealed that it would take up to 16 years to clear this backlog if President-elect Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations was implemented.
While Trump's proposal for the largest deportation effort sounds ambitious to many, the logistical challenges are immense, as the process of identifying, detaining, holding and deporting people living in the country illegally is highly complicated and costly.
