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I also thank him for the work that we have done on Stone Garden and other border law enforcement needs. Why do we need those new judges? Because right now there are more than 450.000 pending cases. There is a large backlog of immigration cases. There are about 250 judges right now. with about 58 courtrooms across the Nation. but we need to do more. If you look at the casework of an immigration judge. that person will handle about 2.100 cases. If you look at a Federal judge. that judge will handle about 440 cases. You can see the large amount of cases that we have.