Executive Office for Immigration Review
Coverage of Executive Office for Immigration Review in the Nexus archive.
- Top immigration judge says courts should be open to public
An immigration judge in Louisiana emphasized courts' commitment to public transparency after observers alleged repeated denials of access to immigration proceedings. The judge warned staff that failing to grant access could result in disciplinary action, following a complaint filed by advocates who documented over 50 instances of denied entry to hearings.
- EOIR Announces 77 Immigration Judges and 5 Temporary Immigration Judges
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the swearing in of 77 immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges, marking the largest class of new adjudicators in EOIR's history. This brings the total immigration judge corps to nearly 700, with 153 permanent judges hired this fiscal year—the most in any single year in the agency's history.
- ICE arrests released illegal alien accused of killing daughter, 9, in Arizona rollover crash
Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada, a 30-year-old Mexican national, was arrested by ICE after being released from local custody following a fatal car crash in Arizona that killed her 9-year-old daughter. She is accused of multiple felony offenses tied to manslaughter and child abuse. Rivera-Estrada will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.