United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-08-11 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-771 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771 P0b002ee18037a70c f:d06771 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771 GAO-06-771 Courtroom proceedings Courts (law) Immigration Immigration and naturalization law Performance measures Program evaluation Strategic planning Case management Other Written Product A58603 Within the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (OCIJ) is responsible for managing the 53 immigration courts located throughout the United States where over 200 immigration judges adjudicate individual cases involving alleged immigration law violations. This report addresses: (1) in recent years, what has been the trend in immigration courts' caseload; (2) how does OCIJ assign and manage the immigration court caseload; and (3) how does EOIR/OCIJ evaluate the immigration courts' performance? To address these issues, GAO interviewed EOIR officials; reviewed information on caseload trends, caseload management, and court evaluations; and analyzed caseload data, case completion goal data, and OCIJ court evaluation reports. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771.pdf GAO-06-771 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-771 Other Written Product GAO-06-771; Executive Office For Immigration Review: Caseload Performance Reporting Needs Improvement; Courtroom proceedings Courts (law) Immigration Immigration and naturalization law Performance measures Program evaluation Strategic planning Case management