The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is the branch of the U.S. Department of Justice that houses the federal immigration courts.
November 06, 2025
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institutional
Organizational description of the office that administers U.S. immigration courts.
Individuals appointed as immigration judges commonly have varied professional backgrounds, including prior work in the Department of Homeland Security, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's legal branch, asylum officer roles, immigrant-defense nonprofits, private legal practice, or military legal service; some appointees have had no prior immigration-law experience.
October 24, 2025
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descriptive
Describes typical prior occupations and diversity of professional experience among immigration judge appointees.
Analysts can estimate which arrests occurred in immigration courts by cross-referencing ICE arrest records (for example, the Deportation Data Project) with immigration court hearing records from the Executive Office for Immigration Review and matching dates, places, and demographic information to identify arrests likely made on the same day as a court hearing.
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methodological
Describes a reproducible method for inferring courthouse arrests when arrest records lack precise location data.