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Original Date Announced
March 14, 2025The EOIR Acting Director issued Policy Memorandum (PM) 25-25 rescinding and cancelling Director’s Memorandum (DM) 22-07. DM 22-07 provided guidance to immigration judges on internet-based video hearings and included language that, while it is the judge's decision whether a respondent or witness appears in person or remotely, the judge should accommodate the respondent’s or witness’ preference when appropriate and practicable.
PM 25-25 states that DM 22-07 was “purposeless” and beyond the authority of the Director, as it “directed" judges to decide motions related to video hearings in a particular way. It also claims that DM 22-07 contradicted Trump-era PM 21-03 on the use of telephones and video teleconferencing to conduct hearings.
Trump 2.0 [ID #1622]
2025.03.14 EOIR PM 25-25 - Cancellation of DM 22-07Subsequent Trump and Court Action
September 30, 20262026.30.26 Reported Honolulu IJs increase in-person hearings - Civil Beat
Honolulu Civil Beat reports that new immigration judges at the Honolulu immigration court are requiring immigrants and their attorneys to appear in person for hearings at substantially higher rates than the court's prior judges. In July and August 2026, 87% of immigrants from Hawaiʻi's neighbor islands and 82% of immigrants with out-of-state addresses were required to appear in person for at least one hearing, compared with less than one-third and 14%, respectively, during the same period in 2025. Attorneys and clients have been ordered to travel to Honolulu from as far away as Texas and Alaska. The Executive Office for Immigration Review did not identify a new policy or guidance governing the use of virtual hearings in response to Civil Beat's inquiry.
View DocumentCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Hearings and AdjudicationsAgencies Affected: EOIRPre Trump-Era Policies
- August 11, 2022 2022.08.11 EOIR DM 22-07 - Internet-based Hearings
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
EOIR PM 25-25 Cancellation of DM 22-07
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Prior Policy
Original Source:
EOIR DM 22-07 - Internet-based Hearings
- Subsequent Action
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