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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...
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...
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...
DOJ Library Tools for Public Records Research

DOJ Library Tools for Public Records Research

by Matthew Hoppock | Apr 24, 2019 | Immigration | 0 comments

I’m sharing a series of research tools we received today in response to a FOIA request submitted in May, 2018: DOJ Libraries – Public Records GuideDownload DOJ Libraries – Court DocketsDownload DOJ Libraries – Asset SearchingDownload DOJ...
EOIR Morning Briefing Received Via FOIA

EOIR Morning Briefing Received Via FOIA

by Matthew Hoppock | Apr 5, 2019 | Immigration | 2 comments

In September, 2018 the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) started producing this publication called the “EOIR Morning Briefing.” They’re not quite daily and they look like a collection of news stories. But there’s more.  Rather than...
FOIA Results: Immigration Judges’ Conference Materials for 2018

FOIA Results: Immigration Judges’ Conference Materials for 2018

by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 21, 2018 | FOIA, Immigration, Immigration Practice | 1 comment

Every summer the Immigration Judges from around the country meet in suburban Washington D.C. for a training session. The training materials are interesting, because they help us understand the IJs’ thinking on specific issues. The 2018 conference was held at the...
Immigration Litigation Bulletin – July, 2016 to November, 2017

Immigration Litigation Bulletin – July, 2016 to November, 2017

by Matthew Hoppock | May 31, 2018 | FOIA | 0 comments

Without any explanation, the Department of Justice stopped posting its “Immigration Litigation Bulletin” online in mid-2016. The older versions are online here. The Immigration Litigation Bulletin is a publication by the Department of Justice’s...
Five Tools For Researching Background Documents When FOIA Isn’t Enough

Five Tools For Researching Background Documents When FOIA Isn’t Enough

by Matthew Hoppock | Mar 1, 2017 | Immigration, Immigration Practice | 1 comment

Much of our work as Immigration Attorneys involves researching our clients’ pasts. Often to figure out how I can help a client in the future, I need to know what their history looks like. That research might include criminal records. It might include old divorce...
DOJ Litigation Field Guides Received in Response to FOIA Request

DOJ Litigation Field Guides Received in Response to FOIA Request

by Matthew Hoppock | Jan 23, 2017 | FOIA, Immigration | 0 comments

Here’s something fun. Today I received in the mail a response to several FOIA requests I had made. The package contained two previously secret litigation “field guides” for Department of Justice attorneys. I’ll be receiving more and will post...
FOIA Litigation: 7th Circuit Orders Government to Produce H-1B Documents

FOIA Litigation: 7th Circuit Orders Government to Produce H-1B Documents

by Matthew Hoppock | Sep 2, 2015 | FOIA, Immigration | 0 comments

In litigation over whether the Department of Homeland Security complied with its obligations under the FOIA, the Seventh Circuit this week found that the agency had fallen short in David Rubman v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services et al. The effect of this...
How to use the Freedom of Information Act in Immigration Cases

How to use the Freedom of Information Act in Immigration Cases

by Matthew Hoppock | Aug 7, 2015 | FOIA, Immigration | 0 comments

Everyone knows a job is much easier with the right tools. Right? It’s no different with immigration. In immigration court cases, sometimes the biggest hurdles can be cleared by figuring out the right tools to solve the problem. In almost every case an early...

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