United States immigration courts
EOIR's historical overview describes United States immigration courts as a system in which immigration judges decide, in removal proceedings, whether a person from another country should be allowed to enter or remain in the United States or should be removed.
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The Immigration Act of 1893 created Boards of Special Inquiry composed of three immigration inspectors to review and decide exclusion cases involving people seeking entry and deportation cases involving people who had violated the law.
Verified · 1893The Attorney General established the Executive Office for Immigration Review on January 9, 1983, to administer the United States immigration court system.
Verified · 1983-01-09In 1973, a regulation authorized special inquiry officers to use the title "immigration judge" and to wear judicial robes.
Verified · 1973The EOIR overview describes immigration judges as having jurisdiction to consider various forms of relief from removal, so their described role includes considering relief as well as deciding whether someone should be removed.
VerifiedIn 1952, the Immigration and Nationality Act eliminated the Special Inquiry Boards and established special inquiry officers to review and decide deportation cases.
Verified · 1952In the administrative review structure described by the EOIR overview, immigration judges' decisions are administratively final unless appealed or certified to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
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