FOIA Library

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Frequently requested records have been disclosed, in full or with redactions, pursuant to previous FOIA requests.

List of EOIR Forms

In 2008, EOIR began receiving requests from a university-affiliated data clearinghouse for large, raw data files from the agency’s case file electronic database. As EOIR has received at least three FOIA requests for this information, the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 requires the agency to make the records available for public inspection in an electronic format. That data is updated monthly and posted below.

• EOIR Case Data (April 2024)
• EOIR Case Data Code Key (May 2019)

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Statistics

• Statistics Yearbooks
• Asylum Statistics Chart (PDF)
• IJ Complaint Statistics

Manuals

• Uniform Docketing System Manual (UDSM) (PDF) (Issued December 2020)
• Uniform Docketing System Manual (UDSM) (PDF) (Revised: September 2018)
• Uniform Docketing System Manual (UDSM) (PDF) (Issued: December 2013)
• BIA Practice Manual (Archived: 01/13/2021)
• Immigration Court Practice Manual (Archived: 01/13/2021)

Decisions

• Matter of B-Z-R- (PDF)
• BIA Decision 12-8-15 (PDF)
• BIA Decision 5-6-11 (PDF)
• Matter of Fauziya Kasinga
• United States v. John Jay College (PDF)
• Matter of Vides Casanova, 26 I&N Dec. 494 (BIA 2015) (PDF)
• In re: L-A-B-R- (PDF)
• In re: L-A-B-R-(rider) (PDF)
• In re: L-A-B-R-(rider) (PDF)
• Underlying decision in Amicus Invitation No. 18-02-27 (PDF)
• In re: A-B- (PDF)
• Matter of Castillo-Perez (PDF)
• Matter of Reyes (PDF)
• Matter of A-M-R-C- (PDF)
• Matter of A-M-R-C -(PDF)

Videos

• Immigration Court Video Advisal (English: detained)
• Immigration Court Video Advisal (English: non-detained)
• Immigration Court Video Advisal (Spanish: detained)
• Immigration Court Video Advisal (Spanish: non-detained)

Other

• EOIR Performance Plan-Adjudicative Employees (PDF)
• Immigration Law Advisor
• Immigration Judge Performance Metrics (PDF)
• Immigration Judge and Appellate Immigration Judge Hiring Process (PDF)
• Legal Case Study: Summary Report - Part 1 (PDF) Part 2 (PDF) Part 3 (PDF)
• MOA between DHS and EOIR regarding the Sharing of Information on Immigration Cases 2012 (PDF)