claim: says "85 percent (of immigrants) don’t show up for a scheduled court hearing or call to schedule a court hearing."
author: rob wittman
evidence_1: may 26, 2015 ... in some cases, minors who miss hearings avoid in absentia rulings and have ...  percent" of undocumented immigrants don't appear for deportation hearings. ...  it's possible children counted in the 85 percent didn't appear in court, ... jeff flake  says 90 percent of immigrants given court dates fail to show up," ...
evidence_2: jul 31, 2015 ... the overwhelming majority—about 85 percent—of immigrant families have not  shown ... least 60 percent or higher—appear for their immigration court hearings.  ... who have been scheduled for an immigration court hearing. ... a so-called “ remain in mexico” plan that would return asylum seekers to mexico.
evidence_3: mar 19, 2017 ... american immigration courts have the highest failure to appear ... over the last 20  years, 37 percent of all aliens free pending trial failed to appear for their hearings.  ... resulting — says the u.s. second circuit court of appeals — in laws, ..... yet  fearing these migrants would abscond at the same 85 percent ...
evidence_4: jun 3, 2015 ... in fy 2014, immigration courts received nearly 61,000 cases that concerned ...  when an immigrant does not appear for their scheduled court hearing, the case  may be ... since fy 2005, 85 percent of cases have been from the northern ... we  don't know how many pending cases will be decided in absentia.
evidence_5: 85 percent of latino undocumented immigrants have at least one family ...  certain politicians and demographics may say they do not want undocumented  immigrants here. .... however, we don't need to wait for comprehensive  immigration reform to .... find housing, a lawyer, and made sure they attended  their court hearings.