Ic Operating Status During Lapse in Funding Notice 12262018

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U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Office of Policy
5107 Leesburg Pike

Falls Church, Virginia 22041

NOTICE
Contact: Communications and Legislative Affairs Division
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
[email protected] @DOJ_EOIR
www.justice.gov/eoir

Dec. 26, 2018

Immigration Court Operating Status
During Lapse in Appropriations

During the current lapse in appropriations, the following operating status is in place for EOIR:

Detained docket cases will proceed as scheduled.

Non-detained docket cases will be reset for a later date after funding resumes. Immigration
courts will issue an updated notice of hearing to respondents or, if applicable, respondents’
representatives of record for each reset hearing.

— EOIR —

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is an agency within the Department of Justice.
EOIR’s mission is to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting
and administering the nation’s immigration laws. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General,
EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings. EOIR is
committed to ensuring fairness in all the cases it adjudicates.

Communications and Legislative Affairs Division