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Immigration Court Rescinds Covid Guidance, Leaving Questions About Current Policy

Immigration Court Rescinds Covid Guidance, Leaving Questions About Current Policy

by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 11, 2021 | Immigration | 0 comments

In a memorandum dated November 8, 2021, the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, David Neal, has rescinded the agency’s formal COVID-19 guidance, leaving a number of questions unanswered on how the courts will handle COVID-19 in the coming...
Immigration Judge Lawsuit Raises Disturbing Case Management and FOIA Issues at EOIR

Immigration Judge Lawsuit Raises Disturbing Case Management and FOIA Issues at EOIR

by Matthew Hoppock | Oct 25, 2021 | Immigration | 0 comments

A lawsuit filed in June by a former Immigration Judge, Quynh Vu Bain, and exhibits the government has since filed raises a series of concerns about the way the government is managing the immigration courts and its FOIA obligations. [Note: although the aim of her suit...
EOIR Headquarters Using Rubber Signature Stamps to Make Orders Appear Like They Came From the Immigration Judge.

EOIR Headquarters Using Rubber Signature Stamps to Make Orders Appear Like They Came From the Immigration Judge.

by Matthew Hoppock | Oct 14, 2021 | Immigration | 0 comments

The “rubber stamp” is a nefarious metaphor, historically used to accuse judges or legislatures of lacking any real power (or of refusing to exercise it). As it goes, the judge hasn’t made a meaningful decision at all; their signature has merely been...
Here Are the BIA Chairman’s Memos  From 2004 to 2020 Obtained Through FOIA

Here Are the BIA Chairman’s Memos From 2004 to 2020 Obtained Through FOIA

by Matthew Hoppock | Oct 12, 2021 | Immigration | 0 comments

For the last four years, we’ve been using the Freedom of Information Act to request records describing the policies and procedures that govern the processing of appeals and motions to reopen at the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Courts. One...
FOIA Results – EOIR’s “Guidance and Publications” Site

FOIA Results – EOIR’s “Guidance and Publications” Site

by Matthew Hoppock | Sep 13, 2021 | Immigration | 0 comments

In January 2019 we submitted a FOIA request asking for the contents of the EOIR’s “Guidance and Publications” intranet site. The site is part of the EOIR’s intranet, which is accessible to all EOIR employees, and appeared to contain guidance...
Venezuelans Eligible for DED (Deferred Enforced Departure) Work Cards

Venezuelans Eligible for DED (Deferred Enforced Departure) Work Cards

by Matthew Hoppock | Jan 20, 2021 | Immigration | 0 comments

Today, January 20, 2021, “Deferred Enforced Departure” or “DED” is now available for all citizens of Venezuela in the United States. Once it is ready, the order will will last for a period of 18 months. There are some exceptions, so not...
Immigration Courts Issuing "Standing Orders" Severely Limiting Rights During Hearings But Not Sharing Them With the Public

Immigration Courts Issuing "Standing Orders" Severely Limiting Rights During Hearings But Not Sharing Them With the Public

by Matthew Hoppock | Mar 25, 2020 | Immigration | 0 comments

The Immigration Courts are secretly issuing a series of “standing orders” describing their process for handling the coronavirus. Unfortunately, nobody at EOIR is actually announcing these in any formal way. Some are being added periodically to page 234 of...
Immigration Court “Status Docket” – the Secret Almost Alternative to Administrative Closure

Immigration Court “Status Docket” – the Secret Almost Alternative to Administrative Closure

by Matthew Hoppock | Nov 5, 2019 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice | 0 comments

We should have seen it coming. In 2018 the Attorney General ended the ability of immigration judges to administratively close cases, concluding they had in fact never had such authority. As shocking as that was at the time, we’re now seeing pieces of that puzzle...
District Court Dismisses Denaturalization Case

District Court Dismisses Denaturalization Case

by Matthew Hoppock | May 9, 2019 | Denaturalization, Immigration | 2 comments

Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas dismissed a denaturalization case against our client. The order is here: U.S. v. Malik – Order Denying Denaturalization The court conducted a two-day bench trial in October, 2018 and we were eagerly...
Immigration Court “Status Docket” – the Secret Almost Alternative to Administrative Closure

Internal BIA Documents on Processing of Appeals and Motions

by Matthew Hoppock | Apr 24, 2019 | Immigration | 1 comment

I’m writing to share more FOIA records we’ve received from the BIA. For the last year we’ve been working on obtaining records through FOIA to better understand how the Board of Immigration Appeals works from top to bottom. The thought is that with...
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