Entity: DOJ - Executive Office for Immigration Review

EOIR Records Released in Response to American Oversight Request DOJ-EOIR-22-0370

September 30, 2022
Records from the Justice Department's Executive Office of Immigration Review released in response to FOIA request DOJ-EOIR-22-0370.

American Oversight’s Investigations of the Executive Office of Immigration Review

August 5, 2022
The recent resignation of a Trump-appointed immigration judge highlights the role of the office, which is part of the U.S. Justice Department.

FOIA to DOJ EOIR Seeking Communications Between Judge David Wetmore and Former Trump Administration Official Gene Hamilton

May 26, 2022
FOIA to the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review seeking records of communications between Chief Appellate Immigration Judge David Wetmore and former Trump administration official Gene Hamilton.

San Francisco Immigration Court Officials Praised Increase in ‘In Absentia’ Deportations

January 21, 2022
Immigration officials in California celebrated a system that fast-tracked the cases of immigrants and resulted in significant increase in deportation orders, according to documents obtained by American Oversight and reported on by the San Francisco Chronicle.

News Roundup: Demands for Accountability in Fake-Electors Plot

January 21, 2022
The brazen scheme to subvert the 2020 vote by having pro-Trump electors submit false electoral certificates — which American Oversight obtained through FOIA — has heightened demands for accountability.

DOJ EOIR Records Regarding ‘Returned Notice’ Hearings at San Francisco Immigration Court

January 14, 2022
Records from the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review in response to American Oversight's request for records regarding increased instances of hearings at the San Francisco Immigration Court for immigrants whose mailed notices were returned undeliverable, leading to absentia deportations. These records include communications, calendars containing hearing documents, and related reports.

FOIA to DOJ Regarding EOIR ‘Returned Notice’ Hearings at San Francisco Immigration Court

December 2, 2021
Public records request to the Department of Justice seeking records regarding increased instances of hearings at the San Francisco Immigration Court for immigrants whose mailed notices were returned undeliverable, leading to in absentia deportations.

Records Request to DOJ Regarding EOIR Officials’ Calendars, External Communications, and Policy Memoranda

November 22, 2021
FOIA request the U.S. Department of Justices seeking records regarding calendars, communications with external groups, and policy memoranda for David Wetmore and Tracy Short — both high-ranking officials at the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

Why Biden Can Hire Better for Immigration Review

October 27, 2021
American Oversight obtained records showing that judges hired by the Executive Office of Immigration Review under the Trump administration mostly came from enforcement backgrounds — a pattern that has also emerged in the Biden administration.