Human Rights Watch, Sept. 18, 2024 "Dear President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary Blinken, We, the undersigned human rights, humanitarian, civil society , and faith-based organizations...
EOIR, Sept. 16, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) invites interested stakeholders to participate in its live Model Hearing Program (MHP) event on Sept. 30, 2024. The event...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, Sept. 16, 2024 "This past week, Trump and J.D. Vance have gone viral for some particularly bizarre rhetoric, alleging that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio...
EOIR "Open & closing dates: 09/13/2024 to 10/04/2024 Salary: $147,649 - $221,900 per year The Justice Access Counsel is responsible for the collections and analysis of stakeholder feedback...
EOIR, Sept. 13, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today launched its Language Access Plan . Pursuant to Executive Order No. 13166, Improving Language Access to Services for...
Oct. 15, 2021 - FOIA Sensei Matthew Hoppock blows the lid off this story. How will EOIR respond? Will litigation ensue? Will the MSM dig deeper? Please read the whole thing, and stay tuned!
EOIR Headquarters Using Rubber Signature Stamps to Make Orders Appear Like They Came From the Immigration Judge
"The “rubber stamp” is a nefarious metaphor, historically used to accuse judges or legislatures of lacking any real power (or of refusing to exercise it). As it goes, the judge hasn’t made a meaningful decision at all; their signature has merely been stamped on an order or decree to provide a sheen of formality or due process. Records recently obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that the Department of Justice, which runs the nation’s immigration courts, is issuing “rubber stamp” orders under a new system called “Case Flow Processing.” While these orders appear to be signed by the judge, in some cases they have been issued by a DOJ employee in Virginia and the signature is stamped by a staff member, using a rubber signature stamp, and then mailed to the parties. ... Setting aside the problem with rubber stamping judges’ signatures, it’s not even clear why the EOIR believes this program [Revised Case Flow Processing, PM 21-18, Apr. 2, 2021] is legal. Neither the implementing memos nor the training materials explain why EOIR is allowed to skip these important first hearings, called “Master Calendar” hearings. Yet the federal regulations that govern immigration court, the immigration statute, and binding agency and court decisions require them."