New Immigration Judges Sworn In

November 9th, 2010
Posted by Tracy Russo

Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler recently invested 23 new immigration judges during a ceremony held at the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR) headquarters, marking a roughly 10 percent increase in the judges corps in just one day.

Immigration judges conduct formal court proceedings to determine whether an individual from a foreign country should be allowed to remain in the United States.

Chief Immigration Judge, Brian M. O’Leary welcomed the new arrivals:

“We have made great progress since we began our robust immigration judge hiring initiative earlier this year. These new immigration judges bring the judge corps of our 59 immigration courts to 262, and we expect to further enhance the corps by additional immigration judges before the end of the calendar year.â€