Executive Office for Immigration Review

Type: Government Agency
On the web: http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has the final say on who can enter or stay in the US. The EOIR interprets and administers federal immigration law by conducting immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings. The EOIR consists of the Office of Chief Immigration Judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, among others. The organization adjudicates immigration cases involving detained aliens, criminal aliens, and aliens seeking asylum as a form of relief from removal. The EOIR is a division within the US Department of Justice.

Officers:
Acting Director: Thomas G. Snow
Counsel Operations: US Federal

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is an office of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for adjudicating immigration cases in the United States. The EOIR oversees immigration courts in the United States through the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge. Additionally, the Board of Immigration Appeals, which hears appeals from immigration courts, is part of the EOIR.

The chief function of the EOIR is to conduct removal proceedings, which are administrative proceedings to determine the removability of individuals in the United States. Removal proceedings are conducted in immigration courts. As of 2008, there are fifty-two immigration courts throughout the United States.

External links

• EOIR website
• List of Immigration Courts

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