The Executive Office For Immigration Review To Host Stakeholder Meeting On New Country Conditions Resource

SUMMARY: The Executive Office for Immigration Review invites interested parties to participate in a meeting regarding the new Country Pages section of the Virtual Law Library, the agency’s online legal research resource. The new section is an extensive collection of information about the conditions in countries around the world.

DATE: Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, at 2 p.m.

MEETING LOCATION: 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800, Falls Church, VA.

RSVP: To RSVP for the meeting, please contact Lauren Alder Reid, Counsel for Legislative and Public Affairs, 703-305-0289, PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov, by noon on Jan. 30, 2014. Attendance will be limited to the first forty (40) individuals to RSVP. Those who are unable to attend in person will be able to participate via teleconference. Call-in information will be available to those who RSVP. To attend the meeting via conference call, please RSVP with the name(s) of the attendee(s), the attendee’s organization, and an email address where instructions may be sent for accessing the conference call.

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The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is an agency within the Department of Justice. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals interpret and adjudicate immigration cases according to United States immigration laws. EOIR’s immigration judges conduct administrative court proceedings in immigration courts located throughout the nation. They determine whether foreign-born individuals—whom the Department of Homeland Security charges with violating immigration law—should be ordered removed from the United States or should be granted relief from removal and be permitted to remain in this country. The Board of Immigration Appeals primarily reviews appeals of decisions by immigration judges. EOIR’s Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer adjudicates immigration-related employment cases. EOIR is committed to ensuring fairness in all of the cases it adjudicates.