federal district judge. new rule eliminating the factor of fuelling the crisis. >> here is how the administration plans to close the loophole. there are currently 945,711 pending immigration cases and fewer than 350 immigration judges. all of this results in an average wait time of 713 days. some people waiting more than a thousand days. so you can see the implications of this rule that they can hold the family, the kids with the family until the court case is adjudicated. you are talking about keeping them in prison for 713 days or more than 1,000 days.