On September 24, 2026, the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the swearing-in of 47 immigration judges and six temporary immigration judges. EOIR also released the new judges’ biographical summaries, which include their court assignments.
This follows the swearing-in of 77 immigration judges and five temporary immigration judges in May 2026. The latter was the largest class of new adjudicators in EOIR’s history, according to an EOIR press release. EOIR said at the time that “[r]educing the immigration court backlog remains one of the highest priorities for the agency.”
