Archive for the ‘Immigration Courts’ Category

TRAC Reveals Surge in Immigration Court Case Backlogs

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Portraying a grim situation of Immigration Courts, the Transactional Record Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) has revealed that the backlog of immigration cases awaiting disposal by the judges has increased by 64% over the past decade. TRAC detailed study hinges upon a variety of sources including hundreds of thousands of internal administrative ...

EOIR Releases Updated List of Improvement Measures

Friday, June 5th, 2009

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has published an updated list of 22 measures to strengthen the quality and efficiency of the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). EOIR has developed these improvement measures in conjunction with the Department of Justice (DOJ). While EOIR is making ...