Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Seal of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
Agency overview
Formed January 9, 1983
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Headquarters Falls Church, Virginia
Employees 1,582 (2014) [1]
Annual budget $304.569 million [1]
Agency executives
  • Juan P. Osuna, Director
  • Ana M. Kocur, Deputy Director
Parent agency United States Department of Justice
Website Executive Office for Immigration Review

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. 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 EOIR.

The chief function of 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 September 28, 2016, there are fifty-eight immigration courts throughout the United States.

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References

  1. 1 2 "FY 2014 Congressional Budget Submission" (PDF). Executive Office for Immigration Review. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

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