EOIR Announces Significant Immigration Court Milestones

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced today its completion of more than 722,000 cases during the first 11 months of fiscal year (FY) 2025, exceeding all of FY 2024 case completions and constituting the highest single-FY completion total in the agency’s history. EOIR has also reduced its pending caseload in immigration courts by over 447,000 cases since Jan. 20, 2025, bringing the pending caseload down from more than 4.18 million to under 3.75 million, the sharpest decrease in caseload in EOIR’s history.

“Reducing the immigration court backlog is one of the highest priorities for the agency,” said EOIR Acting Director Sirce E. Owen. “This Administration is committed to using all of its resources to continue to adjudicate immigration cases fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly.”

Since January, EOIR has issued numerous policy memoranda, which returned to its adjudicators the ability to decide cases consistent with the law and restore EOIR’s integrity as a preeminent administrative adjudicatory agency. EOIR accomplished this by implementing measures such as restoring adjudicator impartiality, expanding the Dedicated Docket, and rescinding over 20 policies that were unfounded in law or discouraged the timely completion of cases.

EOIR is committed to making further advancements to its operational efficiency, thereby helping to ensure timely justice for both parties involved and the public it serves.