The Executive Office for Immigration Review to Host Stakeholder Teleconference and Webinar on Recognition and Accreditation Program

SUMMARY:  The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) invites interested parties to participate in a teleconference and webinar providing a general overview of EOIR’s recognition and accreditation program.  This event is intended to educate interested parties about the process for obtaining recognition for an organization and accreditation for individuals.

DATE:  Friday, June 19, 2015, at 2 p.m.

RSVP:  To RSVP for the meeting, please contact Lauren Alder Reid, Counsel for Legislative and Public Affairs at 703-305-0289 or email PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov by noon on Wednesday, June 17, 2015.  Please note that there will be no in-person attendance for this event.  EOIR will send call-in and web access information on Thursday, June 18, to those who RSVP.  To attend the meeting via conference call and web, 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 and web meeting.

- EOIR -

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.