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Executive Office for Immigration Review

EOIR Mission

The primary mission of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering the Nation's immigration laws. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.

EOIR News

New York IJ Participates in Naturalization Ceremony

Monday, June 10, 2013

Immigration Judge Aviva Poczter from the Executive Office for Immigration Review, New York Immigration Court, delivered the keynote speech and administered the oath of allegiance to approximately 150 candidates during a naturalization ceremony at 26 Federal Plaza in New York on June 7, 2013.

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EOIR to Open Adelanto Immigration Court

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

In order to better serve its stakeholders, including the detainee population, the Executive Office for Immigration Review today announced it will be establishing a full-time presence and opening an immigration court in the Department of Homeland Security contract detention facility in Adelanto, Calif., on May 20, 2013.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) invites interested parties to participate in a meeting regarding EOIR’s new electronic registration initiative, eRegistry, for attorneys and fully accredited representatives.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced that, effective June 10, 2013, it will rollout electronic registration for attorneys and fully accredited representatives who represent aliens in proceedings before EOIR’s immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

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EOIR Swears in Five Immigration Judges

Monday, May 06, 2013

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the investiture of five immigration judges. Chief Immigration Judge Brian M. O’Leary presided over the investiture during a ceremony held at EOIR’s headquarters on May 3, 2013.

Monday, May 06, 2013

Immigration Judge Terry Bain from the Executive Office for Immigration Review, New York Immigration Court, delivered the keynote speech and administered the oath of allegiance to approximately 150 candidates during a naturalization ceremony at 26 Federal Plaza in New York on May 3, 2013.

Monday, April 22, 2013

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will issue today a new nationwide policy for unrepresented immigration detainees with serious mental disorders or conditions that may render them mentally incompetent to represent themselves in immigration proceedings.

Fact sheets

EOIR at a Glance

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) administers the nation's immigration court system. EOIR primarily decides whether foreign-born individuals, who are charged by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with violating immigration law, should be ordered removed from the United States or should be granted relief or protection from removal and be permitted to remain in this country.

Observing Immigration Court Hearings

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) conducts immigration court hearings in 59 immigration courts nationwide. Immigration court hearings are generally open to the public.

Litigation Notices

ABT Settlement Agreement (aka, Settlement Agreement from B.H., et al. v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, et al.

Monday, May 13, 2013

This Notice contains important information that may pertain to you. Please read it carefully. Under the Settlement Agreement in B.H., et al. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al., No. CV11-2108-RAJ (W.D. Wash.) (also referred to as “ABT Settlement Agreement”)...

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