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EOIR is posting this ad for "many vacancies" in unspecified locations. Open & closing dates: 08/30/2024 to 09/13/2024 Salary: $156,924 - $204,000 per year

June 18, 2024 memo from Chief IJ Sheila McNulty July 1, 2024 memo from CAIJ David H. Wetmore

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/29/2024 "On September 8, 2023, the Department of Justice (“Department”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to rescind an...

This is the text of the Efficient Case and Docket Management in Immigration Proceedings Final rule as signed by the Attorney General, but the official version of the Final rule will be as it is published in the Federal Register. "On September 8...

EOIR, May 10, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 20 immigration judges—18 immigration judges who joined courts in California, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania...

TRAC, Apr. 2024 "At the end of March 2024, 3,524,051 active cases were pending before the Immigration Court."

EOIR, Jan. 22, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced it will open a new immigration court in Concord, California, on February 12, 2024, expanding its presence in Northern California. The Concord Immigration Court...

ICE, Dec. 22, 2023 "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), in coordination with the Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), announced the creation of specialized...

EOIR, Dec. 1, 2023 "Application Deadline: Friday, December 15, 2023"

EOIR, Nov. 7, 2023 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 39 immigration judges to courts in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota...

[What cities? How many?] EOIR, Sept. 25, 2023 Salary: $149,644 - $195,000 per year Travel: 50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position Application Deadline: Friday, October 6, 2023 Relocation Expenses: Not authorized Number...

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...

AIC, Feb. 28, 2019 "In July and November of 2018, the American Immigration Council, along with the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, filed two requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/08/2023 "In December 2020, the Department of Justice issued a final rule (the “AA96 Final Rule”) establishing novel limits on the authority of immigration judges...

EOIR, Aug. 11, 2013 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 38 immigration judges to courts in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio...

The Hon. Paul Wickham Schmidt reports: "Sources report that A.G. Merrick Garland has appointed  Judge Sheila McNulty  to be the Chief Immigration Judge at EOIR. Previously, she was the Regional Deputy Chief Immigration Judge.   The position had...

Masood Farivar, VOA, Mar. 29, 2023 "The U.S. Justice Department is going on a hiring spree for immigration judges in hopes of easing an intractable case backlog. In its budget proposal for the fiscal year 2024 that starts October 1, the department...

E-mail from EOIR, Mar. 22, 2023 -  "1. Sign up to attend a Recruitment Outreach Session – on March 23 and on March 30,  sign up to attend a live webinar , where we’ll be explaining how to become an immigration judge. The hour-long sessions are...

EOIR Invitation, Mar. 13, 2023 "EOIR to Host Recruitment Outreach Sessions Join Us to Learn How to Become an Immigration Judge SUMMARY: The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is looking for qualified candidates from all backgrounds...

EOIR, May 12, 2023 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 19 immigration judges, including one assistant chief immigration judge, to immigration courts in Arizona, California, Illinois, Louisiana...

USCIS, May 4, 2023 "We now are affirmatively creating and providing documented evidence of their status to certain new asylees and lawful permanent residents upon our receiving notification that an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration...

EOIR, Feb. 6, 2023 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 23 immigration judges to immigration courts in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas, and Virginia...

EOIR, Dec. 20, 2022 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 11 immigration judges to immigration courts in Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington...

After a significant hiatus, the ILA is back.  Here is the Fall 2022 issue .  Hat tip to Matthew Hoppock for alerting us.