Court

EOIR Launches Respondent Access Portal

by
EOIR Launches Respondent Access Portal

On July 2, 2024, EOIR sent out a Stakeholder Update by email announcing the launch of the Respondent Access Portal. Per the announcement, this will be a phased enrollment which will allow unrepresented respondents to access the Electronic Record of Proceedings for their Immigration Court (EOIR) case. This will make it much easier for unrepresented respondents to keep track of their removal proceedings, stay informed about rescheduled hearing dates, and submit evidence to the Court. EOIR Stakeholder UpdateEOIR today announced it has launched Respondent Access Portal, part of the Access EOIR Initiative. Through a phased enrollment, Respondent Access Portal will allow unrepresented individuals who have cases before EOIR to view their case information, keep informed about hearing schedules, download electronic Records of Proceedings, and file case-related documents. Unrepresented adult noncitizens will receive an official notice from the immigration court. Please see the agency notice for more details. EOIR Stakeholder Update See the agency notice for more details. NOTICE Download MAGA IMPACT OF SECOND TRUMP TERM ON IMMIGRANTS IN THE US What can we expect from a second term from President Trump? How bad would it be for immigrants in the US? Learn More

Percentage of Immigrants Represented by an Attorney in Immigration Court

by

The percentage of immigrants that are represented by an attorney in removal proceedings varies substantially from city to city. Regardless of location, most immigrants that are ordered removed are not represented. COURTS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF REPRESENTED RESPONDENTS COURT % REPRESENTED Hawaii 56% California 49% New York 44% Virginia 43% Massachusetts 41% Nebraska 41% Pennsylvania 39% Maryland 38% Minnesota 37% Nevada 35% Washington 35% COURTS WITH LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF REPRESENTED RESPONDENTS COURT % REPRESENTED US TOTAL 30% UTAH 23% Oregon 22% Florida 21% Tennessee 19% Connecticut 19% Texas 18% Georgia 18% North Carolina 17% New Mexico 14% Colorado 14% Immigrants Ordered Removed & Percent With Attorney Immigration Courts with the most removal orders issued October 2023 – March 2024 IMMIGRATION COURT RANK ORDERED REMOVED # WITH ATTORNEY % WITH ATTORNEY New York City, NY 1 10,897 1,469 13% Harris County, TX (Houston) 2 8,336 1,382 17% Los Angeles County, CA 3 5963 1247 21% Dallas County, TX 4 2815 136 5% Miami-Dade County, FL 5 2521 368 15% Montgomery County, TX (Conroe)* 6 1,968 388 20% San Bernardino County, CA 7 1,703 383 22% Travis County, TX (Austin) 8 1,664 123 7% Orange County, CA (Santa Ana) 9 1,576 412 26% Cook County, IL (Chicago) 10 1,527 179 12% Ranking of Places With the Most Residents Ordered Removed in Immigration Court Proceedings During FY 2024 (October 2023 – March 2024)Data from TRAC Report* Jurisdiction of a large ICE contract detention facility owned and operated by the GEO Group (a for-profit company which runs private prisons). The Difference Having a Lawyer Makes The percentage of immigrants in removal proceedings that are represented by counsel appears to hover between 22% – 30% with 2021 being an outlier in which 52% of immigrants ordered removed were not represented. See the chart below based on TRAC Immigration Court Data-Full TRAC Report Here. Percent of Immigrants With Attorneys Ordered Removed in Immigration Court FY 2014- FY 2024 Fiscal Year Ordered Removed Had an Attorney Percent with Attorney 2014 78,538 17,063 22% 2015 81,767 17,424 21% 2016 79,720 19,567 25% 2017 101,469 27,341 27% 2018 120,343 40,428 34% 2019 187,039 58,971 32% 2020 164,430 47,985 29% 2021 38,021 19,910 52% 2022 111,830 36,038 32% 2023 236,726 47,816 20%

Check Your Immigration Court Case Status Online

by

Automated Case Status System Check the status of your EOIR case online. You can use the Automated Case Status System to find out the date & time of your next Immigration Court hearing, the location of your hearing, the Immigration Judge assigned to your case, and other important information about your case. You can find the online ACSS at the url: https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/     STEP STEP 1 Go to the Automated Case Status System Website Go to the automated case status system website at: https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/ Have your A Number because that is how you will lookup your case.  STEP STEP 2 Click ACCEPT You will be greeted with a pop-up disclaimer message. Read the disclaimer and click accept (the blue button on the bottom left of the pop-up) in order to proceed. STEP STEP 3 Enter your A Number There will be 9 text boxes where you can enter one digit per box. This is where you will enter your A Number putting one number in each box.  Make sure you watch as you are typing to be sure that each box has one number and that when you are done it matches your A Number as it appears on your paperwork.    STEP STEP 4 Click Submit After you enter your A Number and confirm it is accurate then click the large blue “Submit” button below the number.  STEP STEP 5 No Case Found? If it seems like nothing happened look to see if there is some red text that appeared above the “SUBMIT” button.  If it reads “No case found for this A Number” then the A Number you entered in not in the system, meaning that A Number has not yet been scheduled for a hearing or isn’t in Court. If you have a Notice to Appear with an A Number that matches what you entered and you get this message then it is possible that it is just too soon and it hasn’t been entered into the system yet. You can try again in a few days or call the Court if you are unsure.  STEP STEP 6 Case Information If the A Number does match a case in the system then a new screen will load with information about the case.  It will have your next hearing date & time, the type of hearing, whether it is in-person or virtual, and the name of the Judge. If a decision was already made on your case or your case was dismissed you will find that information there as well.  Case Status What?

Immigration Judge WebEx Links For Immigration Court (UPDATED 4/2024)

by
judge

The table below has the Webex link for every Immigration Judge grouped by Court. Updated April 2024 with some additional IJ’s that were not on the prior list. HINT: Use Ctrl+F to search for IJ name. Arizona Eloy Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Irene C. Feldman (ICF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Feldman Robert Bartlemay Sr. (RCB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Bartlemay Nicolas Orechwa (NSO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Orechwa William Mabry III (WMM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Mabry.III Michael Schnitzer (MLS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Schnitzer Florence Immigration Court ACIJ Irene C. Feldman (ICF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Feldman Marni Guerrero (MGO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Guerrero Natalie Huddleston (NHT) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Huddleston Victoria Levin (VAL) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Levin Bruce Taylor (BAT) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.BruceTaylor Phoenix Immigration Court ACIJ Irene C. Feldman (ICF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Feldman John Cortes (JOC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Cortes Elizabeth Cottor (EAC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Cottor LaMonte Freerks (LSF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.LaMonte Jennifer Gaz (JIG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Gaz Paul Habich (PMH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Habich Melissa Karlen (MBK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Karlen Alec Niziolek (AJN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Alec.Niziolek Munish Sharda (MS1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Sharda Tucson Immigration Court ACIJ Irene C. Feldman (ICF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Feldman Kathryn DeAngelis (KLD) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.DeAngelis Michael W. Lloyd (MLL) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Lloyd Gilda Terrazas (GMT) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Terrazas California Adelanto Immigration Court ACIJ Jonathan W. Hitesman (JH1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Hitesman Patrick Barrett (PDB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Barrett Bryan DePowell (BDP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.DePowell Ravit Halperin (RRH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Halperin Kate Mullins (KGM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Mullins Curtis White (CGW) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.CurtisWhite  Concord Immigration Court  ACIJ Julie Nelson (JLN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Nelson Jeremy J. Butler (JYB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Butler Florence A. Chamberlin (FAC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Florence.Chamberlin Colin P. Eichenberger (CPE) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Eichenberger Kyra S. Lilien (KSL) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Lilien Marlem Nava (MWN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Marlem.Nava Lindsay Weatherbee Pepi (LWP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Pepi Justin M. Price (JMP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Price Shadee M. Star (SMS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Star Jacob J. Stender (JJS)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Stender Roberta A. Wilson (RAW) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Roberta.Wilson  Imperial Immigration Court ACIJ Anne Kristina Perry (AKP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Perry Vicenta Banuelos-Rodriguez (VBR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Banuelos-Rodriguez Jeffrey Munoz (JVM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Munoz Los Angeles – N. Los Angeles Street Immigration Court ACIJ Rodin Rooyani (RR1)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Rooyani Timothy Everett (TRE) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Everett Andrea Hong (AHO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Hong Jaime Jasso (JJO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Jasso Peter A. Kim (PAK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Peter.Kim James Left (JML) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Left Nancy Miller (NMR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Miller Jake D. Nare (NAR)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Jake.Nare Rachel Ruane (RAR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Ruane Kyle J. Ryan (KJR)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Kyle.Ryan Andrea Siebert (ANS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Siebert Taiyyeba S. Skomra (TSS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Taiyyeba.Skomra Frank Travieso (FMT) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Travieso Bridget Virchis (BV1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Virchis Los Angeles – Olive Street Immigration Court ACIJ Rodin Rooyani (RR1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Rooyani Joyce Bakke Varzandeh (JBV) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Varzandeh Ira Bank (IEB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Bank Audra Behne (ABE) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Behne Hye Chon (HYC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Chon Philip Costa (PJC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Costa Jankana Desai (JD1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Desai Timothy Everett (TRE) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Everett Jeffrey Frederick (JSF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Jeffrey.Frederick Ashley Gadson-Andrews (AGA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Gadson-Andrews Andrea Hong (AHO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Hong Jaime Jasso (JJO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Jasso Carlos Juelle (CRJ) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Juelle Jan Latimore (JDL) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Latimore Daniel Malvin (DHM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Malvin Nancy Miller (NMR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Miller Jeannette Park (JPK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.JeannettePark Irma Perez (IRP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Perez Rachel Ruane (RAR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Ruane Andrea Siebert (ANS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Siebert Anita Simons (ALS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Simons Christine Stancill (CES) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Stancill Gita Vahid-Tehrani (GA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Vahid-Tehrani Veronica Villegas (VSV) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Villegas Bridget Virchis (BV1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Virchis Joseph Weiner (JAW) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Joseph.Weiner Los Angeles – Van Nuys Boulevard Immigration Court ACIJ Rodin Rooyani (RR1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Rooyani Hye Chon (HYC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Chon Arlene E. Dorfman (ARD) http://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Dorfman Carlos Maury (CEM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Maury Steven Marcus (SNM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Marcus Judge Paul Medved (PNM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Medved Jeannette Park (JPK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.JeannettePark Kevin Riley (KWR) http://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Kevin.Riley Sandra Santos-Garcia (SJS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Santos-Garcia Joseph Weiner (JAW) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Joseph.Weiner Otay Mesa Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Anne Kristina Perry (AKP) http://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.P erry Valerie Burch (VAB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Burch Meghan E. Heesch (MHH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Heesch Ana Partida (APA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Partida Eugene Robinson (EHR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Robinson Mark Sameit (MST) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Mark.Sameit Sacramento Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Jonathan W. Hitesman (JH1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Hitesman Vikram Badrinath (VKB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Vikram.Badrinath Alison Daw (AED) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Daw Loreto Geisse (LSG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Geisse Denise Hunter (DEH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Denise.Hunter Print Maggard (PRM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Maggard William David Neumeister (WDN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Neumeister Susan Phan (SPN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Phan San Diego Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Rhana Ishimoto (RAI) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Ishimoto Amelia Anderson (AAN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Amelia.Anderson Olga Attia (OEA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Attia Rico Bartolomei (BAR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Bartolomei James DeVitto (JDV) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Devitto Guy Grande (GGG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Grande Catherine Halliday-Roberts (CHR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Halliday-Roberts George R. Najjar (GRN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Najjar Lee O’Connor (LOC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Oconnor Jose Penalosa (JPJ) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Penalosa Scott Simpson (SS2) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Simpson San Francisco Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Elizabeth L. Young (ELY) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Young Elisa C Brasil (ECB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Brasil Shuting Chen (SGN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Shuting.Chen Elanie J. Cintron (EJC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Cintron Howard Davis (HRD) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Howard.Davis Ila Deiss (ICD) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Deiss Chloe Dillon (CSD) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Chloe.Dillon Roger H. Dinh (RHD) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Dinh Scott Gambill (SDG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Gambill Louis A. Gordon (LAG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Gordon Amber D. George (ADG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.George Charles Greene (CSG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Greene Jeremiah Johnson (JVJ) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Johnson Steven Kirchner (SMK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Kirchner Shira M. Levine (SML) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Levine Loi McCleskey (LLM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.McCleskey Patrick O’Brien (PSO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.PTOBrien Joseph Park (JYP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Park Curtis Pierce (CFP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Pierce Patrick Savage (PSS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Savage Karen Schulz (KWS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Schulz Frank Seminerio (FAS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Seminerio Michelle Slayton (MAS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Slayton Arwen Swink (AAS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Swink Jami Vigil (JLV) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Vigil Santa Ana Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Jonathan W. Hitesman (JH1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Hitesman Roberto Amaya (ROA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Amaya Alicia Brooks (ABK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Alicia.Brooks Matthew Chan (MWC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Matthew.Chan Andrew Fishkin (AFN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Fishkin Leon Francis (LJF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Francis Iman Ghasri (ING) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Ghasri Howard Hom (HH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Hom Jonathan Huang (JOH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Huang Karen Y. Hope (KNH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Hope Lily Hsu (LCH) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Hsu Wilbur Lee (WRL) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.WilburLee Heather Libeu (HRL) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Libeu Anita McFadden (AMF) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.McFadden Christopher McNary (CDM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.McNary Joyce Noche (JEN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Noche Aggie Norregard (AEN) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Norregard Irma Perez (IRP) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Perez Kristin Piepmeier (PIE) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Piepmeier Jerome Rothschild Jr. (JER) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Rothschild Gregory Simmons (GSS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Simmons Terese Tadros-Ibarra (TTI) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Tadros-Ibarra Jason Waterloo (JWO) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Waterloo Nathaniel B. Walker (NBW) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Walker Jennifer Winfield (JNW) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Winfield Colorado Aurora Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Matthew W. Kaufman (MWK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Kaufman Judy Archuleta (JDA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Archuleta Nina M. Carbone (NMC)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Carbone Elizabeth McGrail (EHM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.McGrail Denver Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Matthew W. Kaufman (MWK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Kaufman Brea Burgie (BAB) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Burgie Nina M. Carbone (NMC)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Carbone Kerri Calcador (KC1) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Calcador Melanie Corrin (MKC) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Corrin Ivan Gardzelewski (IEG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Gardzelewski Alison Kane (ARK) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Kane Andrea Koppenhofer (AKR) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Koppenhofer Eileen Trujillo (ERT) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Trujillo Tyler Wood (TRW)  https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Tyler.Wood Connecticut Hartford Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Brandon C. Jaroch (BNJ) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Jaroch Theodore Doolittle (THD) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Theodore.Doolittle Jonathan Goulding (JNG) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Goulding Daniel A. Morris (DM) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Morris Michael W. Straus (MWS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Straus Philip Verrillo (PV) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Verrillo Florida Miami Immigration Court Judge Name Internet-Based Hearing Link ACIJ Elisa M. Sukkar (EMS) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/ACIJ.Sukkar Scott Alexander (SGA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Alexander Michelle Araneta (MCA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Araneta Thomas Ayze (TSA) https://eoir.webex.com/meet/IJ.Ayze Javier … Read more

EOIR “Experiencing Intermittent Systemwide Outages”

by
Email from EOIR on March 21, 2024, regarding system outages

Today, March 21, 2024, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) sent out an email at 5:40 p.m. EST stating: EOIR has been experiencing intermittent systemwide outages and is working to ensure the issues are fully resolved. We will provide updates as appropriate, but please contact your local court with questions. We will issue new Notices of Hearing to those whose hearings were affected today. https://www.justice.gov/eoir/find-immigration-court-and-access-internet-based-hearings Since they provided the link to the internet-based hearings links, it seems they are referring to the Webex Virtual Hearings System. It also seemed that the Automated Case Status System Website was down earlier this afternoon. So if you had trouble accessing your Immigration Court Virtual Hearing today it wasn’t only you and there is no need to worry. The email from EOIR states that they will be sending out new hearing notices for those whose hearings were affected by the technical difficulties today.

Administrative Closure vs Termination vs Dismissal

by

Immigration removal proceedings may conclude with relief granted by the Immigration Judge or removal ordered. Cases may not reach conclusion for reasons such as eligibility for other immigration benefits or changes in circumstances, leading to prosecutorial discretion or legal motion to end proceedings. Termination, dismissal, and administrative closure are distinct ways to conclude proceedings, each with unique legal implications and consequences for the respondent’s immigration status and potential future proceedings. Administrative closure, unlike termination and dismissal, allows for the possibility of re-opening the case and maintaining employment authorization.