EOIR
Government & Politics abbreviation · US Federal Agency
| Stands for | Executive Office for Immigration Review |
|---|---|
| Categories | Government & Politics |
EOIR stands for Executive Office for Immigration Review, a US federal agency abbreviation.
Runs the nation's immigration courts, where immigration judges decide removal (deportation) cases and asylum claims. Appeals go to its Board of Immigration Appeals and then to federal circuit courts; EOIR sits within the Justice Department.
Example: The EOIR hearing was postponed because no interpreter was available for her language.
Usage notes
Created in 1983 to separate immigration adjudication from the enforcement agency of the time, the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Immigration judges are Justice Department employees rather than independent Article III judges, a structure some judges' groups and scholars have criticized. Pending cases exceeded three million in recent years.
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