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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 ]
An immigration judge decides cases of aliens in various types of removal proceedings. [3] [4] During the proceedings, an immigration judge may grant any type of immigration relief or benefit to a noncitizen, including to his or her family members. An immigration judge is appointed by (and works under the direction of) the U.S. Attorney General.
IIRAIRA established the authority of immigration judges in removal proceedings. [27] Immigration judges "shall administer oaths, receive evidence, and interrogate, examine, and cross-examine the alien and any witnesses. The immigration judge may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and presentation of evidence". [28]
In an email sent last month and obtained by NBC News, Sheila McNulty, chief judge of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the DOJ division that oversees the immigration courts ...
House Republicans on Monday demanded answers on what led to a Justice Department order that a union of immigration judges get supervisor approval before speaking publicly about the heavily ...
Velazques v. Garland (Docket No. 23-929) is a pending United States Supreme Court case on whether a 60-day voluntary departure period that ends on a weekend or public holiday is automatically extended to the following business day for the purposes of filing a post-decision motion to reopen or reconsider immigration removal proceedings.
A judge dismissed, with prejudice, a lawsuit that sought to try and force the state of Colorado to allow sheriff's deputies to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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 ...