Immigration courts, actions needed to reduce case backlog and address long-standing management and operational challenges : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review--Management--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review.

Immigration courts--United States--Management--Evaluation.

Immigration courts.

Management--Evaluation.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 146 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Actions needed to reduce case backlog and address long-standing management and operational challenges

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.

Summary:

The Department of Justice's EOIR is responsible for conducting immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings to fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly administer and interpret U.S. immigration laws. GAO was asked to review EOIR's management of the immigration court system and options for improving EOIR's performance. This report addresses, among other things, (1) what EOIR data indicate about its caseload, including the backlog of cases; (2) how EOIR manages and oversees immigration court operations, including workforce planning and hiring; and (3) the extent to which EOIR has assessed immigration court performance, including case continuance data. GAO is making 11 recommendations to, among other things, improve EOIR's workforce planning, hiring, and analysis of continuance data.

Notes:

"June 2017."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed June 2, 2017).

"GAO-17-438."

OCLC:

988940646