The judges work in 10 different states across the country - California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Biggs added that around 600 judges who fall under the Justice Department Executive Office for Immigration Review remain.

Many of the cases were put on pause due to the person being considered low-priority, usually because they have an application for immigration benefits pending with another agency or because they don’t have a criminal record.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review recalendared 15,000 cases that year with around 200 fewer judges, he said.

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The Executive Office for Immigration Review had more than 4 million pending cases in the last quarter of 2024, including 1.5 million pending asylum cases.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review oversees the US immigration court system, where immigration judges decide if immigrants can remain in the US or be deported.

Multiple officials within the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review -- the DOJ's office that oversees immigration courts -- have been removed from their positions, a source ...

The Executive Office for Immigration Review oversees the US immigration court system, where immigration judges decide if immigrants can remain in the US or be deported.