The judges work in 10 different states across the country - California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Biggs added that around 600 judges who fall under the Justice Department Executive Office for Immigration Review remain.

Many of the cases were put on pause due to the person being considered low-priority, usually because they have an application for immigration benefits pending with another agency or because they don’t have a criminal record.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review did not respond to an inquiry asking if all of the administratively closed cases would be put back on the docket, or what is called "recalendared."

The Executive Office for Immigration Review oversees the US immigration court system, where immigration judges decide if immigrants can remain in the US or be deported.

Multiple officials within the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review -- the DOJ's office that oversees immigration courts -- have been removed from their positions, ...

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced Tuesday, Jan. 7 that the court will open Monday, Jan. 27 to meet the "growing need" of their Indiana stakeholders. The Indianapolis Immigration Court will have a total of seven immigration judges, the U.S. Department of Justice said. EOIR ...

The Executive Office for Immigration Review oversees the US immigration court system, where immigration judges decide if immigrants can remain in the US or be deported.