Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An immigration judge, formerly known as a special inquiry officer, [1] is an employee of the United States Department of Justice. [2] An immigration judge decides cases of aliens in various types of removal proceedings .
The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (OCIJ) is the authority under which trial-level immigration judges are situated. [13] Like the EOIR director and deputy director, the Chief Immigration Judge is appointed by the attorney general, though he or she is supervised directly by the director of EOIR. [13]
The National Association of Immigration Judges is a union of judges, with the stated mission "to promote independence and enhance the professionalism, dignity, and efficiency of the Immigration Courts". Members are judges that work in the United States' Executive Office for Immigration Review, commonly known as the "Immigration Court".
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is an administrative appellate body within the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the United States Department of Justice responsible for reviewing decisions of the U.S. immigration courts and certain actions of U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services, U.S Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The immigration judge will set a merits hearing date when respondents file an application for relief or express to the immigration judge seeking a specific form of relief not precluded by law. The merits hearing may be a matter of days or perhaps even more than a year later, depending on the type of relief requested and the particular court's ...
Voluntary departure while in removal proceedings prior to immigration court hearing. This requires the consent both of the alien and the ICE officer processing the alien. [1] Voluntary departure at the first appearance in court, i.e., during the Master Calendar Hearing. This requires the consent of the alien as well as the Immigration Judge (IJ ...
Stuart Couch (born April 20, 1965 [1]) is an American lawyer, veteran, and immigration judge.Couch took a conscience driven decision to refuse to prosecute an accused man because he had been tortured by Americans to obtain evidence against him.
Expedited removal is a process related to immigration enforcement in the United States where an alien is denied entry to and/or physically removed from the country, [1] without going through the normal removal proceedings (which involve hearings before an immigration judge). [2]