Immigration Appeals Are Effectively Eliminated under a new interim final rule issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), set to take effect on March 9, 2026. The rule drastically overhauls the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
In absentia removal orders are increasing at a rapid pace unlike ever before. NPR has published a story about how the data they have been tracking shows a massive increase in in absentia removal orders
Since returning to Office in January 2025, President Trump has fired over 100 Immigration Judges according to reporting from Reuters and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). In the last two weeks it appears he
As part of the Big Beautiful Bill Act that was passed earlier this year in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans by increasing the national debt by over a trillion dollars, there was
Matter of John ARCINIEGAS-PATINO, 28 I&N Dec. 883 (BIA 2025) Where parties were properly served with electronic notice of the briefing schedule, arepresentative’s failure to diligently monitor the inbox, including the spam folder, of theemail
On July 29, 2024, a new Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) Final Rule, Efficient Case and Docket Management in Immigration Proceedings, went into effect. The rule codifies the authority of immigration judges (IJ) and the Board of Immigration
On July 2, 2024, EOIR sent out a Stakeholder Update by email announcing the launch of the Respondent Access Portal. Per the announcement, this will be a phased enrollment which will allow unrepresented respondents to
The Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the ability of noncitizens to reopen and rescind in absentia orders of removal issued against them in their June 14, 2024 decision, Campos-Chaves v Garland, 602 U.S. ___ (2024). The
The percentage of immigrants that are represented by an attorney in removal proceedings varies substantially from city to city. Regardless of location, most immigrants that are ordered removed are not represented. COURTS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
Automated Case Status System Check the status of your EOIR case online. You can use the Automated Case Status System to find out the date & time of your next Immigration Court hearing, the location
The table below has the Webex link for every Immigration Judge grouped by Court. Updated April 2024 with some additional IJ’s that were not on the prior list. HINT: Use Ctrl+F to search for IJ
Today, March 21, 2024, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) sent out an email at 5:40 p.m. EST stating: EOIR has been experiencing intermittent systemwide outages and is working to ensure the issues are