Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer

The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO), (United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review) supervises and manages the Administrative Law Judges who hear cases and adjudicate issues arising under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) that was amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) and the Immigration Act of 1990 among others. The OCAHO has jurisdiction over cases relating to unlawful hiring, recruiting or continued employment of unauthorized aliens; failure to comply with employment verification requirements; immigration document fraud; and immigration-related unfair employment practices.

Regulations, Cumulative Topical Index of Published Decisions, and Published Decisions, beginning with volume 1, 1988, (from the bound volumes entitled Administrative Decisions Under Employer Sanctions, Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices and Civil Penalty Document Fraud Laws of the United States) can be obtained online at OCAHO's resource page.