Quotas are now set for immigration judges to speed up the process of deporting illegals and reduce the amount of cases that are backlogged.

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other immigration hard-liners say that backlog allows people who should be deported quickly to stay in the United States for years while they wait for a court date" (Rose).

Source: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/03/599158232/justice-department-rolls-out-quotas-for-immigration-judges