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Mar. 12, 2020 letter from 104 NY legal service providers to EOIR Director McHenry: "On behalf of the 104 undersigned legal service providers representing immigrants in New York State, we are writing to express our extreme concern at the lack of...

GAO, Aug. 31, 2021 "What GAO Found The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) took steps to modify immigration court operations and guidance to respond to COVID-19. For instance, EOIR implemented health...

GAO, Aug. 31, 2021 - COVID-19: Improvements Needed in Guidance and Stakeholder Engagement for Immigration Courts "The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) took steps to modify immigration court operations...

DOJ OIG, Apr. 2021 Limited-Scope Review of the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic "EOIR has had to balance difficult, sometimes conflicting challenges presented by the pandemic. We found...

Read this letter dated Mar. 23, 2020 from the Association of Deportation Defense Attorneys to EOIR administrators in New York City.

NAIJ, AFGE Local 511, AILA, Mar. 15, 2020 "The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 511 (the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Professionals Union), and the American...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/28/2021 "On December 23, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (collectively, “the Departments”) published a final rule ...

EOIR, Nov. 8, 2021 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is committed to providing timely guidance to EOIR personnel, practitioners, and parties in proceedings before the agency. Given the evolving nature of the pandemic, updated...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Jan. 3, 2021 "On December 23, EOIR and USCIS published final rules designed to brand most people a “security risk,” and thus ineligible for asylum.  The rules won’t become effective until January 22 (i.e. after the Biden Administration...

EOIR, June 16, 2020 "The Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) remain committed to proceeding with Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) hearings as expeditiously as possible. The Departments have been in ongoing discussions about...

EOIR, June 11, 2020 "This Policy Memorandum (PM) is effective immediately and supersedes PM 20-10, Immigration Court Practices During the Declared National Emergency Concerning the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 18, 2020) and Addendum to PM 20-10 (Mar...

NIPNLG, Apr. 8, 2020 " Temporary Restraining Order Requested to Stop Dangerous EOIR and ICE Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic Immigration groups today moved for an emergency temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Executive Office for...

EOIR, Mar. 18, 2020 Immigration Court Practices During the Declared National Emergency Concerning the COVID-19 Outbreak Mar. 19, 2020 UPDATE "At the time of the issuance of the Policy Memorandum (PM) 20-10, Immigration Court Practices During...

Posted to the EOIR Twitter account, @DOJ_EOIR Sunday evening, Mar. 15, 2020 : "All non-detained aliens' master calendar hearings scheduled 03/16-04/10 are postponed. Usual operations for filings except Seattle. All other hearings proceeding...