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Original Date Announced
March 30, 2018EOIR revises the performance work plans (PWPs) for immigration judges so the agency can now evaluate them on how many cases they complete and how quickly. For immigration judges to get a satisfactory rating under the new PWPs, they must complete at least 700 cases per year, have a BIA remand rate of less than 15%, and meet at least half of six deadline-related case completion benchmarks. [ID #162]
EOIR Performance Plan: Adjudicative Employees Director McHenry email to IJs re new performance metricsEffective Date
October 1, 2018Biden Administration Action: Revoked/Replaced
October 19, 2021DOJ Lifts Trump-era Case Quotas for Immigration Judges
This reported Biden administration policy revokes in its essence the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.
On October 19, 2021, the Department of Justice is reported to have ended the system that required immigration judges to close at least 700 cases per year to get a "satisfactory" rating. The DOJ announced the agency is in the process of "developing new performance measures that will accurately reflect the workload of an immigration judge."
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Partially in effectMost Recent Action
October 19, 2021 Action: Revoked/Replaced DOJ Lifts Trump-era Case Quotas for Immigration JudgesOctober 19, 2021Acted on by Biden Administration
Original Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Hearings and AdjudicationsAgencies Affected: EOIRPre Trump-Era Policies
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August 9, 2006
In August 2006, AG Gonzales released a memorandum containing measures to improve the immigration courts and Board of Immigration Appeals. The measures included performance evaluations identifying areas of improvement for the judges "while fully respecting his or her role as an adjudicator."
AG Memo: Measures to Improve the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
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New Policy
Original Source:
Email to IJs re new performance metrics
- Prior Policy
- Commentary
Commentary
Nat'l Assn. of Imm. Judges on how IJ quotas adversely impact on case backlog
Nat'l Ass'n of Immigration Judges on new IJ metrics
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