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  • DOJ OIG Issues Semiannual Report to Congress(3958 KB - 12/2/2009)
    On 12/01/09, DOJ OIG issued its Semiannual Report to Congress for the period of 4/1/09 – 9/30/09. The report includes the results of investigations of detention centers operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). AILA Doc. No. 09120263.
    AILA Doc. No. 09120263.
  • TRAC Report Finds after Three Years Reforms to Immigration Courts Still Not Completed (7/2/2009)
    Three years after EOIR’s 22 measures were announced to reform the immigration courts; a TRAC report assesses what has and has not been accomplished. This report updates a 2008 TRAC study that offered an assessment at the two-year mark. AILA Doc. No. 09070262.
    AILA Doc. No. 09070262.
  • TRAC Reports Decrease in Denial Rate Disparities Among Immigration Judges in Asylum Cases (6/22/2009)
    A new TRAC report reveals that judge-by-judge asylum disparities in the Immigration Courts are down. Accompanying this report are over 250 detailed reports providing the year-by-year record of individual Immigration Judges. AILA Doc. No. 09062264.
    AILA Doc. No. 09062264.
  • Appleseed Releases Report on Immigration Courts and Offers Blueprint for Reform (6/11/2009)
    A May 2009 report released by Appleseed entitled, "Assembly Line Injustice: Blueprint to Reform America's Immigration Court System." The report addresses the U.S. immigration court system and provides ideas for reform. AILA Doc. No. 09061134.
    AILA Doc. No. 09061134.
  • EOIR FY 2008 Statistical Yearbook (4/9/2009)
    The EOIR Statistical Yearbook for 2008 provides data on proceedings reviewed and completed by the immigration courts and the BIA. AILA Doc. No. 09040936.
    AILA Doc. No. 09040936.
  • TRAC Report on Immigration Prosecutions (1/13/2009)
    A Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) report reveals that an unusually large surge in immigration prosecutions in the last months of FY 2008 resulted in the annual count of such filings more than quadrupling during the Bush Administration. AILA Doc. No. 09011360.
    AILA Doc. No. 09011360.
  • TRAC Report on Implementation of Improvement Measures for BIA & Immigration Courts (9/8/2008)
    TRAC released a report on the implementation status of former Attorney General Gonzales’s 22 Measures to Improve the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. AILA Doc. No. 08090864.
    AILA Doc. No. 08090864.
  • DOJ OIG Report Confirms Politicized Hiring of IJs and BIA Members(358 KB - 7/28/2008)
    The DOJ’s OIG released a report entitled, “An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General,” which confirms that political and ideological considerations were taken into account in the hiring of immigration judges and BIA members. AILA Doc. No. 08072867.
    AILA Doc. No. 08072867.
  • TRAC Report on Immigration Convictions (6/08) (7/17/2008)
    A 6/17/08 Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) report on immigration prosecutions, noting that prosecutions have reached an all-time high. AILA Doc. No. 08071763
    AILA Doc. No. 08071763.
  • DOJ OIG Report on FBI Name Check Delays(2647 KB - 6/9/2008)
    DOJ’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a June 2008 report regarding the FBI name check delays for immigration applications and petitions. The audit report concludes that the process is “inefficient and untimely.” AILA Doc. No. 08060962.
    AILA Doc. No. 08060962.
  • Vera Institute’s Evaluation Report of EOIR’s Legal Orientation Program (5/16/2008)
    EOIR released Vera Institute of Justice’s Evaluation, Performance and Outcome Measurement Report of the Legal Orientation Program, which seeks to provide individuals in removal proceedings information on forms of relief, how to represent themselves pro se, and how to obtain legal representation.
    AILA Doc. No. 08051666.
  • TRAC Report on Asylum Decision Disparities Among the Nation's IJs (9/24/2007)
    A new report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse shows large disparities in asylum decisions among the nation's immigration judges. The report is based on data records of hundreds of thousands of asylum applicants in removal proceedings that were obtained from the Immigration Court under the Freedom of Information Act. AILA Doc. No. 07092461.
    AILA Doc. No. 07092461.
  • OIG Report on IAFIS and IDENT Interoperability (11/2/2006)
    In July 2006, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report of the FBI’s progress toward achieving biometric interoperability between its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Automated Biometric Identification (IDENT). AILA Doc. No. 06110263.
    AILA Doc. No. 06110263.
  • GAO Releases Study on EOIR’s Caseload Performance Reporting (9/19/2006)
    The GAO study addresses the trend in immigration court caseloads, how cases are assigned and managed by the OCIJ, and how the EOIR/OCIJ evaluate the performance of immigration courts. AILA Doc. No. 06091926.
    AILA Doc. No. 06091926.
  • TRAC Study on IJs and Asylum (7/31/2006)
    Study from Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University focuses on the disparities between immigration judges, and between represented vs. unrepresented cases, in asylum decisionmaking. AILA Doc. No. 06073169.
    AILA Doc. No. 06073169.
  • DOJ Update on Interoperability of FBI and DHS Biometric Systems (7/13/2006)
    Office of Inspector General releases sixth report examining the ability of federal law enforcement and immigration authorities to share automated fingerprint identity information. AILA Doc. No. 06071366.
    AILA Doc. No. 06071366.
  • Report on Activities to Combat Human Trafficking: Fiscal Years 2001 to 2005(2000 KB - 3/17/2006)
    The DOJ reports on its activities to combat human trafficking from Fiscal Years 2001 to 2005. (2/24/06). AILA Doc. No. 06031760.
    AILA Doc. No. 06031760.