Balancing Independence and Accountability at the Immigration Courts
By Andrew R. Arthur on November 8, 2017
A proposal from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to "add metrics on the duration and quantity of cases resolved by immigration judges to their performance reviews" was the topic of significant discussion at an oversight hearing on November 1, 2017, before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
At first blush, this appears to be an unexceptional proposal. The performance of employees of any organization, and certainly government employees, is generally judged by the production of the employee. While this particular proposal is more complicated than most, it is not unworkable; however, both the immigration judges and the Department of Justice (DOJ, of which EOIR is a component) have a lot of work to do in order to make such a proposal a reality.
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