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EOIR Issues Guidance Implementing Immigration Judge Performance Metrics
EOIR issued guidance outlining how the new performance metrics for immigration judges will be implementing on 10/1/18. Memo states that new metrics will be added to the current immigration judge Performance Work Plan at Job Element 3: Accountability for Organizational Results. Goals will be measured annually and immigration judges will need to complete 700 cases per year, have a remand rate of less than 15%, and meet at least half of additionally outlined benchmarks, to earn a "satisfactory performance" rating.
This policy was first reported by the Wall Street Journal and was included in an article by the The Daily Beast.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 18040301.
Accessible to Public.