Notice

Department of Justice

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Friday, September 19, 2014

The Executive Office for Immigration Review to Close El Centro Immigration Court

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced it will close its El Centro Immigration Court, located at 1115 North Imperial Avenue, El Centro, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2014. EOIR is closing the immigration court as a result of the Department of Homeland Security's decision to close down that location as a primary place of detention for respondents in immigration proceedings.

EOIR will send a new Notice of Hearing to all respondents who had received a Notice of Hearing for proceedings at the El Centro court location, informing them that the new hearing location will be the Imperial Immigration Court. All filings that would have been made at the El Centro Immigration Court must now be filed with the Imperial Immigration Court at the following location: 2409 La Brucherie Road, Imperial, Calif. 92251, with the added notation: Attention - former El Centro Immigration Court case.

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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.

Executive Office for Immigration Review