EOIR Issues Policy Memo Canceling Director’s Memo on Internet-Based Hearings

EOIR Acting Director Sirce Owen issued Policy Memorandum (PM) 25-25 rescinding and canceling the 8/11/22 Director’s Memorandum (DM) 22-07, which provided guidance to IJs on internet-based video hearings. The memo states that DM 22-07 was “purposeless” as well as ultra vires and contradictory of the 11/6/20 PM 21-03.

Related Resources

• DOJ Provides Guidance to Immigration Judges on Internet-Based Video Hearings (8/11/22)
• EOIR Releases Memo on Immigration Court Hearings Conducted by Telephone and Video Teleconferencing (11/6/20)