Julia Preston, In Deportation Policy Test, 1 in 6 Offered Reprieve, N.Y. TIMES (Jan. 19, 2012) (16 percent of all those facing deportation in Denver " 1,301 immigrants " will receive offers from prosecutors to close their cases after they pass criminal background checks. Department of Homeland Security officials plan to extend the review in coming months to all of about 300,000 cases before the countrys immigration courts.). Nationwide, about 39,000 immigrants nationwide could see their deportations suspended.