Organization

As an office within the Department of Justice, EOIR is headed by a Director who reports directly to the Deputy Attorney General. Its headquarters are located in Falls Church, Virginia, about 10 miles from downtown Washington, DC.

Goals

EOIR's primary mission is to adjudicate immigration cases in a careful and timely manner, including cases involving detained aliens, criminal aliens, and aliens seeking asylum as a form of relief from removal, while ensuring the standards of due process and fair treatment for all parties involved. In support of this mission, EOIR has identified certain goals and initiatives intended to:

• Increase productivity and timeliness of case processing by setting appropriate standards, streamlining procedures, and implementing staff-generated recommendations.
• Implement the case processing goals of the Institutional Hearing Program, rendering a final decision in each criminal alien case prior to the alien's release from incarceration.
• Improve customer service by providing easier access to information through expanded use of technology (e.g., automated telephone systems and Internet).

	Office of the Director		Board of Immigration Appeals
	Office of the Chief Immigration Judge		Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer
	Office of General Counsel		Office of Management Programs
	Administration Division		Office of Planning, Analysis & Technology

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